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Molecular modeling of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase mutant proteins encoded by single nucleotide polymorphisms.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Oct 2005
Schwarzl Sonja M, Smith Jeremy C, Kaina Bernd, Efferth Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The DNA repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) acts as a chemoprotectant and mediates resistance to alkylating anti-tumor agents. A number of MGMT single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been described. We analyzed by molecular modeling the regions likely to be affected in the MGMT mutant proteins encoded by SNPs. Starting from the crystal structure of non-alkylated MGMT, molecular...
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