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XPD helicase structures and activities: insights into the cancer and aging phenotypes from XPD mutations.
Cell - 30 May 2008
Fan Li, Fuss Jill O, Cheng Quen J, Arvai Andrew S, Hammel Michal, Roberts Victoria A, Cooper Priscilla K, Tainer John A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in XPD helicase, required for nucleotide excision repair (NER) as part of the transcription/repair complex TFIIH, cause three distinct phenotypes: cancer-prone xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), or aging disorders Cockayne syndrome (CS), and trichothiodystrophy (TTD). To clarify molecular differences underlying these diseases, we determined crystal structures of the XPD catalytic core from Sulfolobus...
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