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Understanding the function-structure and function-mutation relationships of p53 tumor suppressor protein by high-resolution missense mutation analysis.
- Source :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 7/8/2003, Vol. 100 Issue 14, p8424, 6p, 10 Color Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 6 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Inactivation of the tumor suppressor p53 by missense mutations is the most frequent genetic alteration in human cancers. The common missense mutations in the TP53 gene disrupt the ability of p53 to bind to DNA and consequently to transactivate downstream genes. However, it is still not fully understood how a large number of the remaining mutations affect p53 structure and function. Here, we used a comprehensive site-directed mutagenesis technique and a yeast-based functional assay to construct, express, and evaluate 2,314 p53 mutants representing all possible amino acid substitutions caused by a point mutation throughout the protein (5.9 substitutions per residue), and correlated p53 function with structure- and tumor-derived mutations. This high-resolution mutation analysis allows evaluation of previous predictions and hypotheses through interrelation of function, structure and mutation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TUMOR suppressor proteins
GENETIC mutation
CANCER
P53 antioncogene
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10348444
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1431692100