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Crystal structure of a suicidal DNA repair protein: the Ada O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase from E. coli.

The mutagenic and carcinogenic effects of simple alkylating agents are mainly due to methylation at the O6 position of guanine in DNA. O6-methylguanine directs the incorporation of either thymine or cytosine without blocking DNA replication, resulting in GC to AT transition mutations. In prokaryotic...

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Main Authors: Moore, M H, Gulbis, J M, Dodson, E J, Demple, B, Moody, P C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC394977/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8156986
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