• MutT homologue 1 (MTH1) catalyzes the hydrolysis of mutagenic O6-methyl-dGTP 

      Jemth, Ann-Sofie; Gustafsson, Robert; Bräutigam, Lars; Henriksson, Linda; Vallin, Karl S.A.; Sarno, Antonio; Almlöf, Ingrid; Homan, Evert; Rasti, Azita; Warpman Berglund, Ulrika; Stenmark, Pål; Helleday, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Nucleotides in the free pool are more susceptible to nonenzymatic methylation than those protected in the DNA double helix. Methylated nucleotides like O6-methyl-dGTP can be mutagenic and toxic if incorporated into DNA. ...
    • MutT homologue 1 (MTH1) removes N6-methyl-dATP from the dNTP pool 

      Scaletti, Emma Rose; Vallin, Karl S.A.; Bräutigam, Lars; Sarno, Antonio; Berglund, Ulrika Warpman; Helleday, Thomas; Stenmark, Pål; Jemth, Ann-Sofie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      MutT homologue 1 (MTH1) removes oxidized nucleotides from the nucleotide pool and thereby prevents their incorporation into the genome and thereby reduces genotoxicity. We previously reported that MTH1 is an efficient ...