Metagenome mining and functional analysis reveal oxidized guanine DNA repair at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field
P. H. Utzman, V. P. Mays, B. C. Miller, M. C. Fairbanks, W. J. Brazelton, M. P. Horvath
The paper identifies and functionally characterizes oxidized guanine DNA repair genes at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, suggesting early evolutionary pressure for DNA repair mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2023Evolutionary Biology