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ArticleBiochemical pharmacology2008

Mutational study of the "catalytic tetrad" of DNA topoisomerase IB from the hemoflagellate Leishmania donovani: Role of Asp-353 and Asn-221 in camptothecin resistance.

Rosario Diaz-González, Yolanda Pérez-Pertejo, Yves Pommier, Rafael Balaña-Fouce, Rosa M Reguera

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Article in Biochemical pharmacology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rosario Diaz-GonzálezDepartamento de Farmacología y Toxicología (INTOXCAL), Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 León, Spain.
Yolanda Pérez-Pertejo
Yves Pommier
Rafael Balaña-Fouce
Rosa M Reguera
Universidad de León · ESCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

DNA Topoisomerases as Target of Action of Anticancer DrugsZIABC006161 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI POMMIER, YVES · 2009 to 2025
$16.8M
DNA TOPOISOMERASES AS TARGET OF ACTION OF ANTICANCER DRUGSZ01BC006161 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI POMMIER, YVES · 1996 to 2008
$1.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC006161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmania donovani, the causative organism for visceral leishmaniasis, contains a unique bisubunit DNA-topoisomerase IB (LdTopIB). The catalytically active enzyme is a heterodimer constituted by a large subunit (LdTopIL) containing a non-conserved N-terminal end and the phylogenetically conserved core domain, whereas the small subunit (LdTopIS) harbors the C-terminal domain with the characteristic tyrosine residue in the active site. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to substitute the basic amino acid (Arg-314, Lys-352, Arg-410 and His-453) of the LdTopIL subunit by the neutral amino acid alanine. The expression of these mutants in a topoisomerase-free yeast strain produced inactive proteins. Similarly, when the Tyr-222 from small subunit, involved in DNA cleavage, was substituted by Phe no topoisomerase activity was detected in yeast overexpressing extracts. In addition two substitutions involved in camptothecin inhibition were also analyzed. Asp-353 located in the core domain of the large subunit and Asn-221 which heads Tyr-222 in the small subunit, were replaced by Ala and Ser, respectively. These mutants were insensitive to the inhibitor; despite they displayed significant relaxation activity.

Indexed as

Topoisomerase I InhibitorsAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAsparagineAspartic AcidBase SequenceBinding SitesCamptothecinCatalysisDNA PrimersDNA Topoisomerases, Type IDrug ResistanceEnzyme InhibitorsFlagellaLeishmania donovaniAsparagineAspartic AcidCamptothecinDNA PrimersDNA Topoisomerases, Type IEnzyme InhibitorsProtozoan ProteinsTopoisomerase I Inhibitors

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PMID18655776
PMCPMC9103752
OpenAlexW2077000580

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