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Kottur J, Nair DT. Pyrophosphate hydrolysis is an intrinsic and critical step of the DNA synthesis reaction. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:5875-5885. [PMID: 29850882 PMCID: PMC6159520 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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DNA synthesis by DNA polymerases (dPols) is central to duplication and maintenance of the genome in all living organisms. dPols catalyze the formation of a phosphodiester bond between the incoming deoxynucleoside triphosphate and the terminal primer nucleotide with the release of a pyrophosphate (PPi) group. It is believed that formation of the phosphodiester bond is an endergonic reaction and PPi has to be hydrolyzed by accompanying pyrophosphatase enzymes to ensure that the free energy change of the DNA synthesis reaction is negative and it can proceed in the forward direction. The fact that DNA synthesis proceeds in vitro in the absence of pyrophosphatases represents a long-standing conundrum regarding the thermodynamics of the DNA synthesis reaction. Using time-resolved crystallography, we show that hydrolysis of PPi is an intrinsic and critical step of the DNA synthesis reaction catalyzed by dPols. The hydrolysis of PPi occurs after the formation of the phosphodiester bond and ensures that the DNA synthesis reaction is energetically favorable without the need for additional enzymes. Also, we observe that DNA synthesis is a two Mg2+ ion assisted stepwise associative SN2 reaction. Overall, this study provides deep temporal insight regarding the primary enzymatic reaction responsible for genome duplication.
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- Jithesh Kottur
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, Faridabad 121 001, India
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, Faridabad 121 001, India
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Crespan E, Maga G, Hübscher U. A new proofreading mechanism for lesion bypass by DNA polymerase-λ. EMBO Rep 2011; 13:68-74. [PMID: 22134548 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Replicative DNA polymerases (DNA pols) increase their fidelity by removing misincorporated nucleotides with their 3' → 5' exonuclease activity. Exonuclease activity reduces translesion synthesis (TLS) efficiency and TLS DNA pols lack 3' → 5' exonuclease activity. Here we show that physiological concentrations of pyrophosphate (PP(i)) activate the pyrophosphorolytic activity by DNA pol-λ, allowing the preferential excision of the incorrectly incorporated A opposite a 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine lesion, or T opposite a 6-methyl-guanine, with respect to the correct C. This is the first example of an alternative proofreading mechanism used during TLS.
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- Emmanuele Crespan
- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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Vaisman A, Ling H, Woodgate R, Yang W. Fidelity of Dpo4: effect of metal ions, nucleotide selection and pyrophosphorolysis. EMBO J 2005; 24:2957-67. [PMID: 16107880 PMCID: PMC1201362 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Accepted: 07/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We report the crystal structures of a translesion DNA polymerase, Dpo4, complexed with a matched or mismatched incoming nucleotide and with a pyrophosphate product after misincorporation. These structures suggest two mechanisms by which Dpo4 may reject a wrong incoming nucleotide with its preformed and open active site. First, a mismatched replicating base pair leads to poor base stacking and alignment of the metal ions and as a consequence, inhibits incorporation. By replacing Mg2+ with Mn2+, which has a relaxed coordination requirement and tolerates misalignment, the catalytic efficiency of misincorporation increases dramatically. Mn2+ also enhances translesion synthesis by Dpo4. Subtle conformational changes that lead to the proper metal ion coordination may, therefore, be a key step in catalysis. Second, the slow release of pyrophosphate may increase the fidelity of Dpo4 by stalling mispaired primer extension and promoting pyrophosphorolysis that reverses the polymerization reaction. Indeed, Dpo4 has robust pyrophosphorolysis activity and degrades the primer strand in the presence of pyrophosphate. The correct incoming nucleotide allows DNA synthesis to overcome pyrophosphorolysis, but an incorrect incoming nucleotide does not.
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- Alexandra Vaisman
- Laboratory of Genomic Integrity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Genomic Integrity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Tel.: +1 301 402 4645; Fax: +1 301 496 0201; E-mail:
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Affiliation(s)
- M Radman
- Institute Jacques Monod, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Abu Kwaik Y. Induced expression of the Legionella pneumophila gene encoding a 20-kilodalton protein during intracellular infection. Infect Immun 1998; 66:203-12. [PMID: 9423859 PMCID: PMC107878 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.203-212.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The eukaryotic protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximid has been used by many investigators to selectively radiolabel intracellular bacteria. Although cycloheximide has no direct effect on bacterial gene expression, there are concerns that long-term inhibition of the host cell protein synthesis may have secondary effects on bacterial gene expression. Therefore, prior to further identification and cloning of the macrophage-induced (MI) genes of Legionella pneumophila, the effects of cycloheximide on L. pneumophila-infected U937 cells were evaluated by transmission electron microscopy. Inhibition of protein synthesis of the host cell for 6 h had no major effect on the ultrastructure of the host cell, on the formation of rough endoplasmic reticulum-surrounded replicative phagosome, or on initiation of intracellular bacterial replication. In contrast, by 15 h of cycloheximide treatment, there was profound deterioration in the host cell as well as in the phagosome. To examine protein synthesis by L. pneumophila during the intracellular infection, U937 macrophage-like cells were infected with L. pneumophila, and intracellular bacteria were radiolabeled during a 2-h cycloheximide treatment or following 12 h of cycloheximide treatment. Comparison by two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the protein profile of radiolabeled in vitro-grown L. pneumophila to that of intracellularly radiolabeled bacteria showed that 23 proteins were induced in response to the intracellular environment during 2 h of inhibition of host cell protein biosynthesis. Twelve MI proteins of L. pneumophila were artifactually induced due to prolonged inhibition of the host cell protein synthesis. The gene encoding a 20-kDa MI protein was cloned by a reverse genetics technique. Sequence analysis showed that the cloned gene encoded a protein that was 80% similar to the enzyme inorganic pyrophosphatase. Studies of promoter fusion to a promoterless lacZ gene showed that compared to in vitro-grown bacteria, expression of the pyrophosphatase gene (ppa) was induced fourfold throughout the intracellular infection. There was no detectable induction in transcription of the ppa promoter during exposure to stress stimuli in vitro. The ppa gene of L. pneumophila is the first example of a regulated ppa gene which is selectively induced during intracellular infection and which may reflect enhanced capabilities of macromolecular biosynthesis by intracellular L. pneumophila. The data indicate caution in the long-term use of inhibition of host cell protein synthesis to selectively examine gene expression by intracellular bacteria.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Artificial Gene Fusion
- Bacterial Proteins/analysis
- Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cycloheximide/pharmacology
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial/analysis
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough/drug effects
- Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough/ultrastructure
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Lac Operon
- Legionella pneumophila/genetics
- Legionella pneumophila/ultrastructure
- Legionnaires' Disease/genetics
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/microbiology
- Macrophages/ultrastructure
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Phagosomes/drug effects
- Phagosomes/ultrastructure
- Plasmids
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Pyrophosphatases/genetics
- Pyrophosphatases/metabolism
- Recombination, Genetic
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
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- Y Abu Kwaik
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084, USA.
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- R D Kuchta
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
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The mechanisms by which DNA polymerases achieve their remarkable fidelity, including base selection and proofreading, are briefly reviewed. Nine proofreading models from the current literature are evaluated in the light of steady-state and transient kinetic studies of E. coli DNA polymerase I, the best-studied DNA polymerase. One model is demonstrated to predict quantitatively the response of DNA polymerase I to three mutagenic probes of proofreading: exogenous pyrophosphate, deoxynucleoside monophosphates, and the next correct deoxynucleoside triphosphate substrate, as well as the response to combinations of these probes. The theoretical analysis allows elimination of many possible proofreading mechanisms based on the kinetic data. A structural hypothesis links the kinetic analysis with crystallographic, NMR and genetic studies. It would appear that DNA polymerase I proofreads each potential error twice, at the same time undergoing two conformational changes within a catalytic cycle. Multi-stage proofreading is more efficient, and may be utilized in other biological systems as well. In fact, recent evidence suggests that fidelity of transfer RNA charging may be ensured by a similar mechanism.
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- R A Beckman
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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Yoza N, Akazaki I, Nakazato T, Ueda N, Kodama H, Tateda A. High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of pyrophosphate in the presence of a 20,000-fold excess of orthophosphate. Anal Biochem 1991; 199:279-85. [PMID: 1667457 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(91)90102-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An HPLC method was based on anion-exchange separation of pyrophosphate (diphosphate) and orthophosphate and postcolumn spectrophotometric detection at 140 degrees C with a molybdenum(V)-molybdenum(VI) reagent. The reagent was easy to prepare, stable for at least 6 months at room temperature, and ready for the determination of pyrophosphate and orthophosphate by the so-called heteropoly blue method without use of any reducing agent. A photodiode-array detector for HPLC indicated the spectral characteristics of the heteropoply blue complex that was detectable at 330-800 nm. The HPLC method had a wide dynamic range from 3 x 10(-7) to 5 x 10(-4) M for both pyrophosphate and orthophosphate with a relative standard deviation of measurement of 10 approximately 2%. Pyrophosphate of 5 x 10(-7) and 5 x 10(-6) M, respectively, could be determined in the presence of a 20,000-fold excess of orthophosphate; 0.01 and 0.1 M.
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- N Yoza
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Chen J, Brevet A, Fromant M, Lévêque F, Schmitter JM, Blanquet S, Plateau P. Pyrophosphatase is essential for growth of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:5686-9. [PMID: 2170325 PMCID: PMC526883 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.10.5686-5689.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The ppa gene for inorganic pyrophosphatase is essential for the growth of Escherichia coli. A recombinant with a chromosomal ppa::Kanr lesion and a temperature-sensitive replicon with a ppa+ gene showed a temperature-sensitive growth phenotype, and a mutant with the sole ppa+ gene under control of the lac promoter showed inducer-dependent growth. When the lacp-ppa mutant was subcultured without inducer, the pyrophosphatase level decreased, the PPi level increased, and growth stopped. Cellular PPi reached 16 mM about 6 h after growth arrest without loss of cell viability.
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- J Chen
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, 240 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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Doronin SV, Nevinsky GA, Malygina TO, Podust VN, Khomov VV, Lavrik OI. The efficiency of interaction of deoxyribonucleoside-5'-mono-, di- and triphosphates with the active centre of E. coli DNA polymerase I Klenow fragment. FEBS Lett 1989; 259:83-5. [PMID: 2689231 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81500-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The interaction of deoxyribonucleoside-5'-mono-, di- and triphosphates with E. coli DNA polymerase I Klenow fragments was examined. Dissociation constants of the enzyme complex with nucleotides were determined from the data on the enzyme inactivation by adenosine 2',3'-riboepoxide 5'-triphosphate. The role of nucleotide bases, phosphate groups and sugar moieties in the complex formation of nucleotides with the enzyme was elucidated. The necessity of complementary interaction of nucleotides with templates for template-controlled 'adjusting' of complementary dNTP to its reactive state was found. The crucial role of the interaction of dNTP gamma-phosphate with the enzyme in this process is discussed.
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- S V Doronin
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
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Kahn JD, Hearst JE. Reversibility of nucleotide incorporation by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase, and its effect on fidelity. J Mol Biol 1989; 205:291-314. [PMID: 2467002 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90342-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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During transcription, Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is capable of removing the nucleotide that it has just added to a growing RNA chain, and this removal depends on the presence of small concentrations of pyrophosphate. Chemically, the removal reaction is simply the reversal of the incorporation reaction, and we have observed the generation of free triphosphate as a result. After the removal the enzyme can continue synthesis. To test whether this reaction can provide an error correction mechanism, misincorporation rates were measured at a single position in an RNA transcript by withholding the correct nucleotide for that position, measuring the amount of readthrough transcript, and analyzing the readthrough transcripts with nearest-neighbor analysis and enzymatic RNA sequencing. The removal of pyrophosphate increases the rate of misincorporation. We present a theory that explains how reversible incorporation can increase the available discrimination free energy between correct and incorrect nucleotides and therefore may increase the fidelity of transcription. The formation of a covalent phosphodiester bond allows discrimination on the basis of helical structure as well as base-pairing. We propose that the important discrimination step is the translocation of the enzyme from one site on the DNA template to the next, and that reversible incorporation is necessary in order to take full advantage of the maximum discrimination free energy.
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- J D Kahn
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Burgers PM. Eukaryotic DNA polymerases alpha and delta: conserved properties and interactions, from yeast to mammalian cells. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1989; 37:235-80. [PMID: 2505329 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60700-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Lahti R, Pitkäranta T, Valve E, Ilta I, Kukko-Kalske E, Heinonen J. Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding inorganic pyrophosphatase of Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:5901-7. [PMID: 2848015 PMCID: PMC211699 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.12.5901-5907.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli K-12 gene ppa encoding inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPase) was cloned and sequenced. The 5' end of the ppa mRNA was identified by primer extension mapping. A typical E. coli sigma 70 promoter was identified immediately upstream of the mRNA 5' end. The structural gene of ppa contains 528 base pairs, from which a 175-amino-acid translation product, Mr 19,572, was deduced. The deduced amino acid composition perfectly fitted with that of PPase as previously determined (P. Burton, D. C. Hall, and J. Josse, J. Biol. Chem. 245:4346-4351, 1970). Furthermore, the partial amino acid sequence (residues 1 to 108) of E. coli PPase determined by S. A. Cohen (Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago, 1978) was the same as that deduced from the nucleotide sequence. This is the first report of the cloning of a PPase gene.
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- R Lahti
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland
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