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A single mutation in the 729 residue modulates human DNA topoisomerase IB DNA binding and drug resistance.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Oct 2008
Losasso Carmen, Cretaio Erica, Fiorani Paola, D'Annessa Ilda, Chillemi Giovanni, Benedetti Piero
Abstract excerpt
Human DNA topoisomerase I (hTop1p) catalyzes the relaxation of supercoiled DNA and constitutes the cellular target of the antitumor drug camptothecin (CPT). The X-ray crystal structure of the enzyme covalently joined to DNA and bound to the CPT analog Topotecan suggests that there are two classes of mutations that can produce a CPT-resistant enzyme. The first class includes changes in residues that directly...
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