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SUBMITTER: Cai Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4862310 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cai Yuqin Y Kropachev Konstantin K Terzidis Michael A MA Masi Annalisa A Chatgilialoglu Chryssostomos C Shafirovich Vladimir V Geacintov Nicholas E NE Broyde Suse S
Biochemistry 20150630 27
In nucleosomes, the access of DNA lesions to nucleotide excision repair is hindered by histone proteins. However, evidence that the nature of the DNA lesions may play a role in facilitating access is emerging, but these phenomena are not well-understood. We have used molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the structural, dynamic, and energetic properties of the R and S 5'-8-cyclo-2'-dG and the (+)-cis-anti-B[a]P-dG lesions in a nucleosome. Our results show that the (+)-cis-anti-B[a]P-dG add ...[more]