AP endonuclease
(重定向自AP endonucleases)
![Ribbon diagram of APE1.
PDB = 1de9.[1]](/uploads/202412/21/ApEndonuclease11622.jpg)
![Positive residues on the surface of the APE1 protein (in blue) anchor and bend DNA though interactions with DNA's negative phosphate groups. PDB 1de9.[1]](/uploads/202412/21/APE1DNABend1623.jpg)

Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease (BRENDA = 4.2.99.18) is an enzyme that is involved in the DNA base excision repair pathway (BER). Its main role in the repair of damaged or mismatched nucleotides in DNA is to create a nick in the phosphodiester backbone of the AP site created when DNA glycosylase removes the damaged base.