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Alterations in linker flexibility suppress DNA topoisomerase I mutant-induced cell lethality.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Mar 2007
Losasso Carmen, Cretaio Erica, Palle Komaraiah, Pattarello Luca, Bjornsti Mary-Ann, Benedetti Piero
Abstract excerpt
Eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase I (Top1p) catalyzes changes in DNA topology via the formation of a covalent enzyme-DNA intermediate, which is reversibly stabilized by the anticancer agent camptothecin (CPT). Crystallographic studies of the 70-kDa C terminus of human Top1p bound to duplex DNA describe a monomeric protein clamp circumscribing the DNA helix. The structures, which lack the N-terminal domain, comprise...
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