4xq8

Human DNA polymerase lambda- MgdATP binary complex and complex with 6 paired DNA

spinqualitylabelsall models 4xq8, resolution 2.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4xq8 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens and Synthetic construct. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: DTP, MG Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function DPOLL_HUMAN Repair polymerase. Involved in base excision repair (BER) responsible for repair of lesions that give rise to abasic (AP) sites in DNA. Has both DNA polymerase and terminal transferase activities. Has a 5'-deoxyribose-5-phosphate lyase (dRP lyase) activity. Publication Abstract from PubMed The mechanism of DNA polymerase (pol) fidelity is of fundamental importance in chemistry and biology. While high-fidelity pols have been well studied, much less is known about how some pols achieve medium or low fidelity with functional importance. Here we examine how human DNA polymerase lambda (Pol lambda) achieves medium fidelity by determining 12 crystal structures and performing pre-steady-state kinetic analyses. We showed that apo-Pol lambda exists in the closed conformation, unprecedentedly with a preformed MgdNTP binding pocket, and binds MgdNTP readily in the active conformation in the absence of DNA. Since prebinding of MgdNTP could lead to very low fidelity as shown previously, it is attenuated in Pol lambda by a hydrophobic core including Leu431, Ile492, and the Tyr505/Phe506 motif. We then predicted and demonstrated that L431A mutation enhances MgdNTP prebinding and lowers the fidelity. We also hypothesized that the MgdNTP-prebinding ability could stabilize a mismatched ternary complex and destabilize a matched ternary complex, and provided evidence with structures in both forms. Our results demonstrate that, while high-fidelity pols follow a common paradigm, Pol lambda has developed specific conformations and mechanisms for its medium fidelity. Structural comparison with other pols also suggests that different pols likely utilize different conformational changes and microscopic mechanisms to achieve their catalytic functions with varying fidelities. Structural Mechanism for the Fidelity Modulation of DNA Polymerase lambda.,Liu MS, Tsai HY, Liu XX, Ho MC, Wu WJ, Tsai MD J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Feb 24;138(7):2389-98. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b13368. Epub 2016, Feb 11. PMID:26836966 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also DNA polymerase 3D structures

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