6mr7 | pdb_00006mr7
DNA polymerase beta substrate complex with templating adenine and incoming Fapy-dGTP analog
Structural highlights
Function[DPOLB_HUMAN] Repair polymerase that plays a key role in base-excision repair. Has 5'-deoxyribose-5-phosphate lyase (dRP lyase) activity that removes the 5' sugar phosphate and also acts as a DNA polymerase that adds one nucleotide to the 3' end of the arising single-nucleotide gap. Conducts 'gap-filling' DNA synthesis in a stepwise distributive fashion rather than in a processive fashion as for other DNA polymerases.[1] [2] [3] [4] Publication Abstract from PubMed4,6-Diamino-5-formamidopyrimidine (Fapy*dG) is an abundant form of oxidative DNA damage that is mutagenic and contributes to the pathogenesis of human disease. When Fapy*dG is in its nucleotide triphosphate form, Fapy*dGTP, it is inefficiently cleansed from the nucleotide pool by the responsible enzyme in Escherichia coli MutT and its mammalian homolog MTH1. Therefore, under oxidative stress conditions, Fapy*dGTP could become a pro-mutagenic substrate for insertion into the genome by DNA polymerases. Here, we evaluated insertion kinetics and high-resolution ternary complex crystal structures of a configurationally stable Fapy*dGTP analog, beta-C-Fapy*dGTP, with DNA polymerase beta. The crystallographic snapshots and kinetic data indicate that binding of beta-C-Fapy*dGTP impedes enzyme closure, thus hindering insertion. The structures reveal that an active site residue, Asp276, positions beta-C-Fapy*dGTP so that it distorts the geometry of critical catalytic atoms. Removal of this guardian side chain permits enzyme closure and increases the efficiency of beta-C-Fapy*dG insertion opposite dC. These results highlight the stringent requirements necessary to achieve a closed DNA polymerase active site poised for efficient nucleotide incorporation and illustrate how DNA polymerase beta has evolved to hinder Fapy*dGTP insertion. A guardian residue hinders insertion of a Fapy*dGTP analog by modulating the open-closed DNA polymerase transition.,Smith MR, Shock DD, Beard WA, Greenberg MM, Freudenthal BD, Wilson SH Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 Jan 16. pii: 5289696. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz002. PMID:30649431[5] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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