Nature, Published online: 27 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10584-7
The metabolite αKG promotes carnitine synthesis and increases site-specific histone acetylation, thereby promoting homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair, which has potential implications for chemoresistant cancers.
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αKG-mediated carnitine synthesis drives DNA repair via histone acetylation
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By Katherine M. Aird
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