Abstract

Human topoisomerase I is a 92 kDa enzyme that helps to control the level of DNA supercoiling in cells. It is also found to be the sole target of camptothecin, an extremely promising anti-cancer drug currently in clinical trials. Elucidating the three-dimensional structure of topoisomerase I bound to DNA would allow us to unravel the fascinating mechanism of this enzyme, and would facilitate the design of improved anti-cancer drugs. We are currently well on our way to determining the crystal structure of human topoisomerase I bound to DNA. Synchrotron radiation has play a critical role in the structure determination of this important protein-DNA complex.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41RR001209-23
Application #
6586567
Study Section
Project Start
2002-03-01
Project End
2003-02-28
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
23
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$143,176
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Stanford University
Department
Type
DUNS #
800771545
City
Stanford
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94305

  Publications

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Yoshizawa, Takuya; Ali, Rustam; Jiou, Jenny et al. (2018) Nuclear Import Receptor Inhibits Phase Separation of FUS through Binding to Multiple Sites. Cell 173:693-705.e22
Vickers, Chelsea; Liu, Feng; Abe, Kento et al. (2018) Endo-fucoidan hydrolases from glycoside hydrolase family 107 (GH107) display structural and mechanistic similarities to ?-l-fucosidases from GH29. J Biol Chem 293:18296-18308
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Dods, Robert; Båth, Petra; Arnlund, David et al. (2017) From Macrocrystals to Microcrystals: A Strategy for Membrane Protein Serial Crystallography. Structure 25:1461-1468.e2
de Vries, Robert P; Tzarum, Netanel; Peng, Wenjie et al. (2017) A single mutation in Taiwanese H6N1 influenza hemagglutinin switches binding to human-type receptors. EMBO Mol Med 9:1314-1325

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