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SUBMITTER: Todd RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3008157 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Todd Ryan C RC Lippard Stephen J SJ
Chemistry & biology 20101201 12
The effects of cisplatin binding to DNA were explored at the nucleosome level to incorporate key features of the eukaryotic nuclear environment. An X-ray crystal structure of a site-specifically platinated nucleosome carrying a 1,3-cis-{Pt(NH₃)₂}²+-d(GpTpG) intrastrand cross-link reveals the details of how this adduct dictates the rotational positioning of DNA in the nucleosome. Results from in vitro nucleosome mobility assays indicate that a single platinum adduct interferes with ATP-independen ...[more]