In a recent finding, researchers have elaborated how an enzyme functions in atomic level to mend sun-damaged DNA.

It is stated that this type of research can be stone turning measure that will provide future sunburn remedies and skin cancer prevention measures.

Dongping Zhong and his teammates from Ohio State University states that could easily observe the enzyme, called photolyase, which is pumped with a single electron and proton into an injured strand of DNA. These two subatomic particles had later healed the damage.

Zhong stated: "It sounds simple, but those two atomic particles actually initiated a very complex series of chemical reactions. People have been working on this for years, but now that we've seen it, I don't think anyone could have guessed exactly what was happening."

Zhong with his colleagues synthesized DNA in the lab and exposed it to ultraviolet light, and offered similar damages similar to that of sunburn, and applied photolyase enzyme into the same. It was seen that photolyase dissociates the bonds to cause the atoms in the DNA to reshape them into their original positions.

This finding will help design drugs or lotions that heal sun damage, Zhong claimed.