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Structural basis of human DNA polymerase η-mediated chemoresistance to cisplatin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 May 2012
Zhao Ye, Biertümpfel Christian, Gregory Mark T, Hua Yue-Jin, Hanaoka Fumio, Yang Wei
Abstract excerpt
Cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum) and related compounds cause DNA damage and are widely used as anticancer agents. Chemoresistance to cisplatin treatment is due in part to translesion synthesis by human DNA polymerase η (hPol η). Here, we report crystal structures of hPol η complexed with intrastrand cisplatin-1,2-cross-linked DNA, representing four consecutive steps in translesion synthesis. In contrast...
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