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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Diaz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2878035 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Garcia-Diaz Miguel M Murray Michael S MS Kunkel Thomas A TA Chou Kai-Ming KM
The Journal of biological chemistry 20100326 22
The anticancer activity of cytarabine (AraC) and gemcitabine (dFdC) is thought to result from chain termination after incorporation into DNA. To investigate their incorporation into DNA at atomic level resolution, we present crystal structures of human DNA polymerase lambda (Pol lambda) bound to gapped DNA and containing either AraC or dFdC paired opposite template dG. These structures reveal that AraC and dFdC can bind within the nascent base pair binding pocket of Pol lambda. Although the conf ...[more]