Unwinding of DNA polymerases by the antitumor drug, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II).

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.

Published: May 2003

The helix-turn-helix motifs of the DNA binding domains of human polymerase-alpha and polymerase-kappa are dramatically perturbed upon binding to cisplatin with concomitant release of zinc.

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