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End cleaning. Ligation-blocking damage can be excised by enzymes (e.g. APTX, PNKP, APLF, Tdps, Ku; purple and green proteins) that recognize and remove specific end structures (i). Family X polymerases (light blue oval) can replace the excised DNA (ii) prior to ligation (iii).
