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==apPol-DNA complex (binary 1)==
<StructureSection load='9quj' size='340' side='right'caption='[[9quj]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.70&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[9quj]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_molecule DNA molecule] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum Plasmodium falciparum]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=9QUJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9QUJ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.7&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9quj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=9quj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/9quj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=9quj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/9quj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=9quj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A0A024WKD7_PLAFA A0A024WKD7_PLAFA] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Plasmodium falciparum is a eukaryotic pathogen responsible for the majority of malaria-related fatalities. Plasmodium belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa and, like most members of this phylum, contains a non-photosynthetic plastid called the apicoplast. The apicoplast has its own genome, replicated by a dedicated replisome. Unlike other cellular replisomes, the apicoplast replisome uses a single DNA polymerase (apPol). This suggests that apPol can multitask and catalyse both replicative and lesion bypass synthesis. Replicative synthesis relies on a restrictive active site for high accuracy while lesion bypass typically requires an open active site. This raises the question: how does apPol combine the structural features of multiple DNA polymerases in a single protein? Using single-particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM), we have solved the structures of apPol bound to its undamaged DNA and nucleotide substrates in five pre-chemistry conformational states. We found that apPol can accommodate a nascent base pair with the fingers in an open configuration, which might facilitate the lesion bypass activity. In the fingers-open state, we identified a nascent base pair checkpoint that preferentially selects Watson-Crick base pairs, an essential requirement for replicative synthesis. Taken together, these structural features might explain how apPol balances replicative and lesion bypass synthesis.

Structural basis of multitasking by the apicoplast DNA polymerase from Plasmodium falciparum.,Kumari A, Enache T, Craggs TD, Pata JD, Lahiri I Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Oct 14;53(19):gkaf1005. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf1005. PMID:41099714<ref>PMID:41099714</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: DNA molecule]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Plasmodium falciparum]]
[[Category: Kumari A]]
[[Category: Lahiri I]]