GO biological process ontology term - GO:1990516 - ribonucleotide excision repair
Term summary
- ID
- GO:1990516
- Name
- ribonucleotide excision repair
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The pathway by which a ribonucleotide is removed from DNA and replaced by a deoxyribonucleotide. The ribonucleotide is incised by RNase H2, and further excised by an endonuclease. The resulting 1 nt gap is then repaired by DNA polymerase and DNA ligase.
