The stereochemistry of benzo[a]pyrene-2′-deoxyguanosine adducts affects DNA methylation by SssI and HhaI DNA methyltransferases

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2121-2134

  Subach, Oksana M ^a   Maltseva, Diana V ^a   Shastry, Anant ^b   Kolbanovskiy, Alexander ^b   Klimašauskas, Saulius ^c   Geacintov, Nicholas E ^b   Gromova, Elizaveta S ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene 2 deoxyguanosine adducts; DNA methyltansferases; Environmental pollutants; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZO[A]PYRENE 2' DEOXYGUANOSINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRENYLAMINE; PROTEIN HHAI; PROTEIN SSSI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CATALYSIS; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA ADDUCT; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA METHYLATION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34247116531     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05754.x     Document Type: Article

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