Structural investigation of cisplatin-protein interactions: Selective platination of His19 in a cuprozinc superoxide dismutase

Vito Calderone, Angela Casini, Stefano Mangani, Luigi Messori, Pier Luigi Orioli

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Abstract

Drug adduct: The X-ray crystal structure of an adduct of cisplatin and bovine erythrocyte superoxide dismutase has been solved at 1.8-Å resolution. Selective platination of His19 occurs far away from the copper-zinc site. Remarkably, the protein-bound platinum center retains both chloro ligands (see picture, Cu orange, Zn dark gray, Pt light gray, Cl green). (Figure Presented)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1267-1269
Number of pages3
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume45
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Feb 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antitumor agents
  • Cisplatin
  • Platinum
  • Superoxide dismutase
  • X-ray diffraction

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