金山科研平台，产品价格货期咨询微信：jinshanbio Molecule Information: UNG Long Name: Uracil N-Glycosylase Aliases: DGU; UDG Entrez Gene IDs: 7374 (Human) Background: UNG UNG (Uracil DNA N-Glycosylase) is one of four known human DNA N-glycosylases involved in the removal of uracil from DNA. It is a monofunctional enzyme that initiates base excision repair (BER) by hydrolyzing the N-glycosidic bond between the uracil base and the sugar-phosphate backbone in DNA. The resultant abasic, or AP site, generated by this cleavage is repaired in subsequent steps of the BER process.