Involved in oxidative DNA damage repair. Initiates repair of A*oxoG to C*G by removing the inappropriately paired adenine base from the DNA backbone. Possesses both adenine and 2-OH-A DNA glycosylase activities. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10684930, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20418187, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20848659, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25820570, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26694661}. This is the function of ENSG00000132781 (MUTYH, mutY DNA glycosylase).