Human CREBBP acetyltransferase is impaired by etoposide quinone, an oxidative and leukemogenic metabolite of the anticancer drug etoposide through modification of redox-sensitive zinc-finger cysteine residues.
Etoposide is an extensively prescribed anticancer drug that, unfortunately, causes therapy-related leukemia. The mechanisms by which etoposide induces secondary hematopoietic malignancies ar...