Structural basis of type II topoisomerase inhibition by the anticancer drug etoposide
Wu, C.C., Li, T.K., Farh, L., Lin, L.Y., Lin, T.S., Yu, Y.J., Yen, T.J., Chiang, C.W., Chan, N.L.(2011) Science 333: 459-462
- PubMed: 21778401 
- DOI: 10.1126/science.1204117
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3QX3 - PubMed Abstract: 
Type II topoisomerases (TOP2s) resolve the topological problems of DNA by transiently cleaving both strands of a DNA duplex to form a cleavage complex through which another DNA segment can be transported. Several widely prescribed anticancer drugs increase the population of TOP2 cleavage complex, which leads to TOP2-mediated chromosome DNA breakage and death of cancer cells ...