6c59
Chimeric Pol kappa RIR Rev1 C-terminal domain
Structural highlights
FunctionPOLK_MOUSE DNA polymerase specifically involved in DNA repair. Plays an important role in translesion synthesis, where the normal high-fidelity DNA polymerases cannot proceed and DNA synthesis stalls. Depending on the context, it inserts the correct base, but causes frequent base transitions, transversions and frameshifts. Lacks 3'-5' proofreading exonuclease activity. Forms a Schiff base with 5'-deoxyribose phosphate at abasic sites, but does not have lyase activity (By similarity).[1] REV1_MOUSE Deoxycytidyl transferase involved in DNA repair. Transfers a dCMP residue from dCTP to the 3'-end of a DNA primer in a template-dependent reaction. May assist in the first step in the bypass of abasic lesions by the insertion of a nucleotide opposite the lesion. Required for normal induction of mutations by physical and chemical agents.[2] Publication Abstract from PubMedIntrinsic and acquired drug resistance and induction of secondary malignancies limit successful chemotherapy. Because mutagenic translesion synthesis (TLS) contributes to chemoresistance as well as treatment-induced mutations, targeting TLS is an attractive avenue for improving chemotherapeutics. However, development of small molecules with high specificity and in vivo efficacy for mutagenic TLS has been challenging. Here, we report the discovery of a small-molecule inhibitor, JH-RE-06, that disrupts mutagenic TLS by preventing recruitment of mutagenic POL zeta. Remarkably, JH-RE-06 targets a nearly featureless surface of REV1 that interacts with the REV7 subunit of POL zeta. Binding of JH-RE-06 induces REV1 dimerization, which blocks the REV1-REV7 interaction and POL zeta recruitment. JH-RE-06 inhibits mutagenic TLS and enhances cisplatin-induced toxicity in cultured human and mouse cell lines. Co-administration of JH-RE-06 with cisplatin suppresses the growth of xenograft human melanomas in mice, establishing a framework for developing TLS inhibitors as a novel class of chemotherapy adjuvants. A Small Molecule Targeting Mutagenic Translesion Synthesis Improves Chemotherapy.,Wojtaszek JL, Chatterjee N, Najeeb J, Ramos A, Lee M, Bian K, Xue JY, Fenton BA, Park H, Li D, Hemann MT, Hong J, Walker GC, Zhou P Cell. 2019 Jun 4. pii: S0092-8674(19)30556-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.028. PMID:31178121[3] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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