Repair by photoreactivation involves the binding of a repair enzyme
(photolyase) to a damaged strand of DNA, absorption of a photon of UV-A or blue light (380-450nm) by the bound
enzyme, and subsequent utilization of the absorbed energy to repair the DNA damage. On the other hand, dark
repair involves the recognition of structural distortions of DNA, excision of the damaged region, and
resynthesis of the excised area using the undamaged strand as the template;
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