Sequence specific cleavage of DNA by the antitumor antibiotics neocarzinostatin and bleomycin.
AUTOR(ES)
D'Andrea, A D
RESUMO
We have investigated the sites of DNA damage by the antitumor antibiotics neocarzinostatin and bleomycin by using a 5'-end-labeled DNA fragment of defined sequence as a substrate. At the high drug concentrations used here, neocarzinostatin creates single-strand breaks in DNA at positions of adenine and thymine in the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol, and bleomycin cleaves DNA at GC and GT sequences and to a lesser extent at TA sequences with its degradative activity enhanced by 2-mercaptoethanol. In the presence of ferrous ions, bleomycin cleaves DNA at TT, AT, and TA, as well as at GC and GT sequences. Both antibiotics make double-strand breaks in DNA at specific sites and it is likely that these result from two independent single-strand breaks at nearby sites on opposite strands of the DNA.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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