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. 2020 Dec 9;49(1):221–243. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1120

Graphical Abstract.

Graphical Abstract

DNA glycosylase NEIL1 has acquired a 3-Lys acetylation center in eutherians, which upon acetylation confers stabilization to the enzyme on chromatin, thereby enabling efficient protection against oxidative DNA damage.