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See Latest ArticlesExonuclease Removal of Dideoxycytidine (Zalcitabine) by the Human Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 01/17/08
Hanes JW et al. - In addition, we provide a more accurate measurement of the rate of excision and show that the low rate of removal of ddCMP results from both the unfavorable transfer of the primer strand from the polymerase to the exonuclease site and the inefficient binding and/or hydrolysis at the exonuclease site. The analogs ddC, stavudine, and ddATP (a metabolite of didanosine) each bind more tightly at the polymerase site during incorporation than normal nucleotides, and this tight binding contributes to slower excision by the proofreading exonuclease, leading to increased toxicity toward mitochondrial DNA
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