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Mechanism of rescue of common p53 cancer mutations by second-site suppressor mutations.
The EMBO journal - 1 Feb 2000
Nikolova P V, Wong K B, DeDecker B, Henckel J, Fersht A R
Abstract excerpt
The core domain of p53 is extremely susceptible to mutations that lead to loss of function. We analysed the stability and DNA-binding activity of such mutants to understand the mechanism of second-site suppressor mutations. Double-mutant cycles show that N239Y and N268D act as 'global stability' suppressors by increasing the stability of the cancer mutants G245S and V143A-the free energy changes are additive....
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