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SUBMITTER: Langelier MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3532513 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Langelier Marie-France MF Planck Jamie L JL Roy Swati S Pascal John M JM
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20120501 6082
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) (ADP, adenosine diphosphate) has a modular domain architecture that couples DNA damage detection to poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation activity through a poorly understood mechanism. Here, we report the crystal structure of a DNA double-strand break in complex with human PARP-1 domains essential for activation (Zn1, Zn3, WGR-CAT). PARP-1 engages DNA as a monomer, and the interaction with DNA damage organizes PARP-1 domains into a collapsed conformation that can explain ...[more]