Molecular Mechanisms of Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced DNA Damage and Repair

Table 2

Photolyase enzymes in four different kingdoms.

Kingdom	Organism	CPD Photolyase	6-4PP Photolyase	References
	Halobacterium halobium	+	−	[117]
Archaebacteria	Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum	+	−	[118, 119]
	Sulfolobus tokodaii	+	−	[120]
	Bacillus firmus	+	−	[121]
	Escherichia coli	+	−	[122, 123]
	Salmonella typhimurium	+	−	[122]
Eubacteria	Anacystis nidulans	+	−	[124]
	Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	+	−	[125]
	Streptomyces griseus	+	−	[126]
	Myxococcus xanthus	+	−	[127]
	Vibrio cholerae	+	−	[128]
	Saccharomyses cerevisiae	+	−	[122]
	Neurospora crassa	+	−	[129, 130]
	Drosophila melanogaster	+	+	[131]
	Homo sapiens	?	?	[118, 132]
	Carassius auratus	+	−	[133]
	Oryzias latipes	+	−	[118]
Eukaryotes	Monodelphis domestica	+	−	[134]
	Potorous tridactylis	+	−	[118]
	Xenopus laevis	+	+	[135]
	Arabidopsis thaliana	+	+	[136]
	Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	+	−	[137]
	Cucumis sativus	+	−	[138, 139]
	Ginkgo biloba	+	−	[140]
	Medicago sativa	+	−	[20]
	Triticum sp.	+	−	[141]
	Fowl pox virus (FPV)	+	−	[142]
Viruses	Melanoplus sanguinipes entomopox virus (MsEPV)	+	−	[143]
	Chrysodeixis chalcites nucleopolyhedrovirus (ChchNPV)	+	−	[106]