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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Laco GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3166174 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20110830 8
Human topoisomerase I (Top1) relaxes supercoiled DNA during cell division. Camptothecin stabilizes Top1/dsDNA covalent complexes which ultimately results in cell death, and this makes Top1 an anti-cancer target. There are two current models for how camptothecin and derivatives bind to Top1/dsDNA covalent complexes (Staker, et al., 2002, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 15387-15392; and Laco, et al., 2004, Bioorg Med Chem 12: 5225-5235). The interaction energies between bound camptothecin, and derivati ...[more]