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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3307914 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Liang L Lu Xingyu X Lu Junyan J Liang Haihua H Dai Qing Q Xu Guo-Liang GL Luo Cheng C Jiang Hualiang H He Chuan C
Nature chemical biology 20120212 4
Human thymine DNA glycosylase (hTDG) efficiently excises 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC), a key oxidation product of 5-methylcytosine in genomic DNA, in a recently discovered cytosine demethylation pathway. We present here the crystal structures of the hTDG catalytic domain in complex with duplex DNA containing either 5caC or a fluorinated analog. These structures, together with biochemical and computational analyses, reveal that 5caC is specifically recognized in the active site of hTDG, supporting t ...[more]