Uncovering the polymerase-induced cytotoxicity of an oxidized nucleotide.
Freudenthal, B.D., Beard, W.A., Perera, L., Shock, D.D., Kim, T., Schlick, T., Wilson, S.H.(2015) Nature 517: 635-639
- PubMed: 25409153 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature13886
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4UAW, 4UAY, 4UAZ, 4UB1, 4UB2, 4UB3, 4UB4, 4UB5, 4UBB, 4UBC - PubMed Abstract: 
Oxidative stress promotes genomic instability and human diseases. A common oxidized nucleoside is 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine, which is found both in DNA (8-oxo-G) and as a free nucleotide (8-oxo-dGTP). Nucleotide pools are especially vulnerable to oxidative damage ...