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SUBMITTER: Elder RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3353062 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elder Robert M RM Jayaraman Arthi A
Biophysical journal 20120515 10
The efficacy of cancer drugs such as cisplatin (Cp) and oxaliplatin (Ox), which covalently bind to DNA to form drug-DNA adducts, is linked to their recognition by repair proteins such as HMGB1a. Previous experimental studies showed that HMGB1a's binding affinity for Cp- and Ox-DNA varies with the drug used and the local DNA sequence context of the adduct. We link this differential binding affinity to the free energy of deforming (bending and minor groove opening) the drug-DNA molecule during HMG ...[more]