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Cai A, Bian K, Chen F, Tang Q, Carley R, Li D, Cho BP. Probing the Effect of Bulky Lesion-Induced Replication Fork Conformational Heterogeneity Using 4-Aminobiphenyl-Modified DNA. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24081566. [PMID: 31009995 PMCID: PMC6514942 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24081566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Bulky organic carcinogens are activated in vivo and subsequently react with nucleobases of cellular DNA to produce adducts. Some of these DNA adducts exist in multiple conformations that are slowly interconverted to one another. Different conformations have been implicated in different mutagenic and repair outcomes. However, studies on the conformation-specific inhibition of replication, which is more relevant to cell survival, are scarce, presumably due to the structural dynamics of DNA lesions at the replication fork. It is difficult to capture the exact nature of replication inhibition by existing end-point assays, which usually detect either the ensemble of consequences of all the conformers or the culmination of all cellular behaviors, such as mutagenicity or survival rate. We previously reported very unusual sequence-dependent conformational heterogeneities involving FABP-modified DNA under different sequence contexts (TG1*G2T [67%B:33%S] and TG1G2*T [100%B], G*, N-(2′-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-4′-fluoro-4-aminobiphenyl) (Cai et al. Nucleic Acids Research, 46, 6356–6370 (2018)). In the present study, we attempted to correlate the in vitro inhibition of polymerase activity to different conformations from a single FABP-modified DNA lesion. We utilized a combination of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and HPLC-based steady-state kinetics to reveal the differences in terms of binding affinity and inhibition with polymerase between these two conformers (67%B:33%S and 100%B).
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- Ang Cai
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
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Kovermann M, Stefan A, Castaldo A, Caramia S, Hochkoeppler A. Structural and catalytic insights into HoLaMa, a derivative of Klenow DNA polymerase lacking the proofreading domain. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215411. [PMID: 30970012 PMCID: PMC6457538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
We report here on the stability and catalytic properties of the HoLaMa DNA polymerase, a Klenow sub-fragment lacking the 3’-5’ exonuclease domain. HoLaMa was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, and the enzyme was purified by means of standard chromatographic techniques. High-resolution NMR experiments revealed that HoLaMa is properly folded at pH 8.0 and 20°C. In addition, urea induced a cooperative folding to unfolding transition of HoLaMa, possessing an overall thermodynamic stability and a transition midpoint featuring ΔG and CM equal to (15.7 ± 1.9) kJ/mol and (3.5 ± 0.6) M, respectively. When the catalytic performances of HoLaMa were compared to those featured by the Klenow enzyme, we did observe a 10-fold lower catalytic efficiency by the HoLaMa enzyme. Surprisingly, HoLaMa and Klenow DNA polymerases possess markedly different sensitivities in competitive inhibition assays performed to test the effect of single dNTPs.
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- Michael Kovermann
- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- CSGI, University of Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- CSGI, University of Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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Fluorometric determination of Simian virus 40 based on strand displacement amplification and triplex DNA using a molecular beacon probe with a guanine-rich fragment of the stem region. Mikrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-2041-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Brenlla A, Rueda D, Romano LJ. Mechanism of aromatic amine carcinogen bypass by the Y-family polymerase, Dpo4. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:9918-27. [PMID: 26481355 PMCID: PMC4787768 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Bulky DNA damage inhibits DNA synthesis by replicative polymerases and often requires the action of error prone bypass polymerases. The exact mechanism governing adduct-induced mutagenesis and its dependence on the DNA sequence context remains unclear. In this work, we characterize Dpo4 binding conformations and activity with DNA templates modified with the carcinogenic DNA adducts, 2-aminofluoene (AF) or N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene (AAF), using single-molecule FRET (smFRET) analysis and DNA synthesis extension assays. We find that in the absence of dNTPs, both adducts alter polymerase binding as measured by smFRET, but the addition of dNTPs induces the formation of a ternary complex having what appears to be a conformation similar to the one observed with an unmodified DNA template. We also observe that the misincorporation pathways for each adduct present significant differences: while an AF adduct induces a structure consistent with the previously observed primer-template looped structure, its acetylated counterpart uses a different mechanism, one consistent with a dNTP-stabilized misalignment mechanism.
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- Alfonso Brenlla
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA Department of Medicine, Section of Virology, Imperial College London, London, UK Single Molecule Imaging Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Xu L, Vaidyanathan VG, Cho BP. Real-time surface plasmon resonance study of biomolecular interactions between polymerase and bulky mutagenic DNA lesions. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:1796-807. [PMID: 25195494 PMCID: PMC4203393 DOI: 10.1021/tx500252z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
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Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was
used to measure polymerase-binding
interactions of the bulky mutagenic DNA lesions N-(2′-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-4′-fluoro-4-aminobiphenyl
(FABP) or N-(2′-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-7-fluoro-2-acetylaminofluorene
(FAAF) in the context of two unique 5′-flanking bases (CG*A and TG*A). The enzymes used
were exo-nuclease-deficient Klenow fragment (Kf-exo–) or polymerase β (pol β). Specific binary and ternary
DNA binding affinities of the enzymes were characterized at subnanomolar
concentrations. The SPR results showed that Kf-exo– binds strongly to a double strand/single strand template/primer
junction, whereas pol β binds preferentially to double-stranded
DNA having a one-nucleotide gap. Both enzymes exhibited tight binding
to native DNA, with high nucleotide selectivity, where the KD values for each base pair increased in the
order dCTP ≪ dTTP ∼ dATP ≪ dGTP. In contrast
to that for pol β, Kf-exo– binds tightly to
lesion-modified templates; however, both polymerases exhibited minimal
nucleotide selectivity toward adducted DNA. Primer steady-state kinetics
and 19F NMR results support the SPR data. The relative
insertion efficiency fins of dCTP opposite
FABP was significantly higher in the TG*A sequence
compared to that in CG*A. Although Kf-exo– was not sensitive to the presence of a DNA lesion,
FAAF-induced conformational heterogeneity perturbed the active site
of pol β, weakening the enzyme’s ability to bind to FAAF
adducts compared to FABP adducts. The present study demonstrates the
effectiveness of SPR for elucidating how lesion-induced conformational
heterogeneity affects the binding capability of polymerases and ultimately
the nucleotide insertion efficiency.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lifang Xu
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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Vrtis KB, Markiewicz RP, Romano LJ, Rueda D. Carcinogenic adducts induce distinct DNA polymerase binding orientations. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:7843-53. [PMID: 23814187 PMCID: PMC3763543 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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DNA polymerases must accurately replicate DNA to maintain genome integrity. Carcinogenic adducts, such as 2-aminofluorene (AF) and N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene (AAF), covalently bind DNA bases and promote mutagenesis near the adduct site. The mechanism by which carcinogenic adducts inhibit DNA synthesis and cause mutagenesis remains unclear. Here, we measure interactions between a DNA polymerase and carcinogenic DNA adducts in real-time by single-molecule fluorescence. We find the degree to which an adduct affects polymerase binding to the DNA depends on the adduct location with respect to the primer terminus, the adduct structure and the nucleotides present in the solution. Not only do the adducts influence the polymerase dwell time on the DNA but also its binding position and orientation. Finally, we have directly observed an adduct- and mismatch-induced intermediate state, which may be an obligatory step in the DNA polymerase proofreading mechanism.
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- Kyle B. Vrtis
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA and Department of Medicine, Section of Virology, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA and Department of Medicine, Section of Virology, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA and Department of Medicine, Section of Virology, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA and Department of Medicine, Section of Virology, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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Vaidyanathan VG, Xu L, Cho BP. Binary and ternary binding affinities between exonuclease-deficient Klenow fragment (Kf-exo(-)) and various arylamine DNA lesions characterized by surface plasmon resonance. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:1568-70. [PMID: 22804627 DOI: 10.1021/tx300289d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
We used surface plasmon resonance (SPR) to characterize the binding interactions between the exonulease-free Klenow fragment (Kf-exo(-)) and unmodified and modified dG adducts derived from arylamine carcinogens: fluorinated 2-aminofluorene (FAF), 2-acetylaminofluorene (FAAF), and 4-aminobiphenyl (FABP). Tight polymerase binding was detected with unmodified dG and the correct dCTP. The discrimination of correct versus incorrect nucleotides was pronounced with K(D) values in the order of dCTP ≪ dTTP < dATP < dGTP. In contrast, minimal selectivity was observed for the modified templates with Kf-exo(-) binding tighter to the FAAF (k(off): 0.02 s(-1)) and FABP (k(off): 0.01 s(-1)) lesions than to FAF (k(off): 0.04 s(-1)).
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- V G Vaidyanathan
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Markiewicz RP, Vrtis KB, Rueda D, Romano LJ. Single-molecule microscopy reveals new insights into nucleotide selection by DNA polymerase I. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:7975-84. [PMID: 22669904 PMCID: PMC3439913 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which DNA polymerases achieve their extraordinary accuracy has been intensely studied because of the linkage between this process and mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. Here, we have used single-molecule fluorescence microscopy to study the process of nucleotide selection and exonuclease action. Our results show that the binding of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) to a primer-template is stabilized by the presence of the next correct dNTP, even in the presence of a large excess of the other dNTPs and rNTPs. These results are consistent with a model where nucleotide selection occurs in the open complex prior to the formation of a closed ternary complex. Our assay can also distinguish between primer binding to the polymerase or exonuclease domain and, contrary to ensemble-averaged studies, we find that stable exonuclease binding only occurs with a mismatched primer terminus.
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Interactions of replication versus repair DNA substrates with the Pol I DNA polymerases from Escherichia coli and Thermus aquaticus. Biophys Chem 2011; 159:188-93. [PMID: 21742429 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 06/12/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Different DNA polymerases partition differently between replication and repair pathways. In this study we examine if two Pol I family polymerases from evolutionarily distant organisms also differ in their preferences for replication versus repair substrates. The DNA binding preferences of Klenow and Klentaq DNA polymerases, from Escherichia coli and Thermus aquaticus respectively, have been studied using a fluorescence competition binding assay. Klenow polymerase binds primed-template DNA (the replication substrate) with up to 50× higher affinity than it binds to nicked DNA, DNA with a 2 base single-stranded gap, blunt-ended DNA, or to a DNA end with a 3' overhang. In contrast, Klentaq binds all of these DNAs almost identically, indicating that Klenow has a stronger ability to discriminate between replication and repair substrates than Klentaq. In contrast, both polymerases bind mismatched primed-template and blunt-ended DNA tighter than they bind matched primed-template DNA, suggesting that these two proteins may share a similar mechanism to identify mismatched DNA, despite the fact that Klentaq has no proofreading ability. In addition, the presence or absence of 5'- or 3'-phosphates has slightly different effects on DNA binding by the two polymerases, but again reinforce Klenow's more effective substrate discrimination capability.
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Garalde DR, Simon CA, Dahl JM, Wang H, Akeson M, Lieberman KR. Distinct complexes of DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) for base and sugar discrimination during nucleotide substrate selection. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:14480-92. [PMID: 21362617 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.218750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
During each catalytic cycle, DNA polymerases select deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) substrates complementary to a templating base with high fidelity from a pool that includes noncomplementary dNTPs and both complementary and noncomplementary ribonucleoside triphosphates (rNTPs). The Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (KF) achieves this through a series of conformational transitions that precede the chemical step of phosphodiester bond formation. Kinetic evidence from fluorescence and FRET experiments indicates that discrimination of the base and sugar moieties of the incoming nucleotide occurs in distinct, sequential steps during the selection pathway. Here we show that KF-DNA complexes formed with complementary rNTPs or with noncomplementary nucleotides can be distinguished on the basis of their properties when captured in an electric field atop the α-hemolysin nanopore. The average nanopore dwell time of KF-DNA complexes increased as a function of complementary rNTP concentration. The increase was less than that promoted by complementary dNTP, indicating that the rNTP complexes are more stable than KF-DNA binary complexes but less stable than KF-DNA-dNTP ternary complexes. KF-DNA-rNTP complexes could also be distinguished from KF-DNA-dNTP complexes on the basis of ionic current amplitude. In contrast to complementary rNTPs, noncomplementary dNTPs and rNTPs diminished the average nanopore dwell time of KF-DNA complexes in a concentration-dependent manner, suggesting that binding of a noncomplementary nucleotide keeps the KF-DNA complex in a less stable state. These results imply that nucleotide selection proceeds through a series of complexes of increasing stability in which substrates with the correct moiety promote the forward transitions.
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- Daniel R Garalde
- Department of Computer Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Federley RG, Romano LJ. DNA polymerase: structural homology, conformational dynamics, and the effects of carcinogenic DNA adducts. J Nucleic Acids 2010; 2010. [PMID: 20847947 PMCID: PMC2933918 DOI: 10.4061/2010/457176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA replication is vital for an organism to proliferate and lying at the heart of this process is the enzyme DNA polymerase. Most DNA polymerases have a similar three dimensional fold, akin to a human right hand, despite differences in sequence homology. This structural homology would predict a relatively unvarying mechanism for DNA synthesis yet various polymerases exhibit markedly different properties on similar substrates, indicative of each type of polymerase being prescribed to a specific role in DNA replication. Several key conformational steps, discrete states, and structural moieties have been identified that contribute to the array of properties the polymerases exhibit. The ability of carcinogenic adducts to interfere with conformational processes by directly interacting with the protein explicates the mutagenic consequences these adducts impose. Recent studies have identified novel states that have been hypothesised to test the fit of the nascent base pair, and have also shown the enzyme to possess a lively quality by continually sampling various conformations. This review focuses on the homologous structural changes that take place in various DNA polymerases, both replicative and those involved in adduct bypass, the role these changes play in selection of a correct substrate, and how the presence of bulky carcinogenic adducts affects these changes.
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Christian TD, Romano LJ. Monitoring the conformation of benzo[a]pyrene adducts in the polymerase active site using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Biochemistry 2009; 48:5382-8. [PMID: 19435285 DOI: 10.1021/bi900148t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is a potent environmental carcinogen that is metabolized into diol epoxides that react with exocyclic amines in DNA. These DNA adducts have been shown to block DNA replication by high-fidelity polymerases and induce both base substitution and frame-shift mutations. To improve our understanding of the molecular mechanism of B[a]P-induced mutagenesis, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) method was developed in which the (+)- or (-)-trans-anti-B[a]P-N(2)-dG adducts, positioned in the active site of DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment), serve as donor fluorophores to an acceptor molecule positioned on the DNA primer strand. FRET was measured for a primer that ended one nucleotide before the adduct position and one that ended across from the adduct and used to estimate the distances between the two fluorophores. These estimates are consistent with prior studies that suggest the adducts are positioned in the minor groove. A comparison of the FRET for the (+)- and (-)-trans-B[a]P adducts in the Klenow active site suggested that the (+)-trans adduct is positioned approximately 2 A farther from the acceptor, consistent with the structural differences observed in duplex DNA where it has been shown that the (+)-trans adduct is oriented toward the 5'-end of the template strand while the (-)-trans adduct lies toward the 3'-end. Surprisingly, the adduct position did not change significantly when the primer was one nucleotide longer. The addition of either a correct (dCTP) or incorrect nucleotides showed only minor differences in FRET, suggesting that the adduct did not undergo a large change in the position within the polymerase active site, as expected if the adduct inhibited the polymerase conformational change.
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- Thomas D Christian
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Vooradi V, Romano LJ. Effect of N-2-acetylaminofluorene and 2-aminofluorene adducts on DNA binding and synthesis by yeast DNA polymerase eta. Biochemistry 2009; 48:4209-16. [PMID: 19354292 DOI: 10.1021/bi9000722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The well-studied aromatic amine carcinogen, N-2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF), forms adducts at the C8 position of guanine in DNA. Unlike replicative polymerases, Y-family polymerases have been shown to have the ability to bypass such bulky DNA lesions. To better understand the mechanism of translesion synthesis by the yeast DNA polymerase eta (yPoleta), a gel retardation technique was used to measure equilibrium dissociation constants of this polymerase for unmodified DNA or DNA containing dG-C8-AAF or the related deacylated dG-C8-AF adduct. These results show that the binding of yPoleta to the unmodified primer-template is substantially stronger in the presence of the next correct nucleotide than when no or an incorrect nucleotide is present. In addition, binding of yPoleta to either dG-C8-AAF or AF-modified templates is also stronger in the presence of dCTP. Finally, the yPoleta complex is destabilized if the primer extends to a position across from the adduct, and stronger binding is not observed in the presence of the next correct nucleotide. Taken together, these data are consistent with the ability of yPoleta to undergo a conformational change to a closed ternary complex in the presence of the next correct nucleotide and on templates containing an AAF or AF adduct but do not rule out other possible explanations.
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Burnouf DY, Wagner JE. Kinetics of deoxy-CTP incorporation opposite a dG-C8-N-2-aminofluorene adduct by a high-fidelity DNA polymerase. J Mol Biol 2009; 386:951-61. [PMID: 19150355 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The model carcinogen N-2-acetylaminofluorene covalently binds to the C8 position of guanine to form two adducts, the N-(2'-deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-aminofluorene (G-AF) and the N-2-(2'-deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-acetylaminofluorene (G-AAF). Although they are chemically closely related, their biological effects are strongly different and they are processed by different damage tolerance pathways. G-AF is bypassed by replicative and high-fidelity polymerases, while specialized polymerases ensure synthesis past of G-AAF. We used the DNA polymerase I fragment of a Bacillus stearothermophilus strain as a model for a high-fidelity polymerase to study the kinetics of incorporation of deoxy-CTP (dCTP) opposite a single G-AF. Pre-steady-state kinetic experiments revealed a drastic reduction in dCTP incorporation performed by the G-AF-modified ternary complex. Two populations of these ternary complexes were identified: (i) a minor productive fraction (20%) that readily incorporates dCTP opposite the G-AF adduct with a rate similar to that measured for the adduct-free ternary complexes and (ii) a major fraction of unproductive complexes (80%) that slowly evolve into productive ones. In the light of structural data, we suggest that this slow rate reflects the translocation of the modified base within the active site, from the pre-insertion site into the insertion site. By making this translocation rate limiting, the G-AF lesion reveals a novel kinetic step occurring after dNTP binding and before chemistry.
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- Dominique Y Burnouf
- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, IBMC du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 15 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France.
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Stover JS, Chowdhury G, Zang H, Guengerich FP, Rizzo CJ. Translesion synthesis past the C8- and N2-deoxyguanosine adducts of the dietary mutagen 2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline in the NarI recognition sequence by prokaryotic DNA polymerases. Chem Res Toxicol 2007; 19:1506-17. [PMID: 17112239 PMCID: PMC3150502 DOI: 10.1021/tx0601455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) is found in cooked meats and forms DNA adducts at the C8- and N2-positions of dGuo after appropriate activation. IQ is a potent inducer of frameshift mutations in bacteria and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals. We have incorporated both IQ-adducts into the G1- and G3-positions of the NarI recognition sequence (5'-G1G2CG3CC-3'), which is a hotspot for arylamine modification. The in vitro replication of the oligonucleotides was examined with Escherichia coli pol I Klenow fragment exo-, E. coli pol II exo-, and Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 DNA polymerase IV (Dpo4), and the extension products were sequenced by tandem mass spectrometry. Replication of the C8-adduct at the G3-position resulted in two-base deletions with all three polymerases, whereas error-free bypass and extension was observed at the G1-position. The N2-adduct was bypassed and extended by all three polymerases when positioned at the G1-position, and the error-free product was observed. The N2-adduct at the G3-position was more blocking and was bypassed and extended only by Dpo4 to produce an error-free product. These results indicate that the replication of the IQ-adducts of dGuo is strongly influenced by the local sequence and the regioisomer of the adduct. These results also suggest a possible role for pol II and IV in the error-prone bypass of the C8-IQ-adduct leading to frameshift mutations in reiterated sequences, whereas noniterated sequences result in error-free bypass.
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- Corresponding author. Tel.: (615) 322-6100; fax: (615) 343-1234;
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- F Peter Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA.
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Dutta S, Li Y, Johnson D, Dzantiev L, Richardson CC, Romano LJ, Ellenberger T. Crystal structures of 2-acetylaminofluorene and 2-aminofluorene in complex with T7 DNA polymerase reveal mechanisms of mutagenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:16186-91. [PMID: 15528277 PMCID: PMC528967 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0406516101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The carcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene forms two major DNA adducts: N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene (dG-AAF) and its deacetylated derivative, N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (dG-AF). Although the dG-AAF and dG-AF adducts are distinguished only by the presence or absence of an acetyl group, they have profoundly different effects on DNA replication. dG-AAF poses a strong block to DNA synthesis and primarily induces frameshift mutations in bacteria, resulting in the loss of one or two nucleotides during replication past the lesion. dG-AF is less toxic and more easily bypassed by DNA polymerases, albeit with an increased frequency of misincorporation opposite the lesion, primarily resulting in G --> T transversions. We present three crystal structures of bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase replication complexes, one with dG-AAF in the templating position and two others with dG-AF in the templating position. Our crystallographic data suggest why a dG-AAF adduct blocks replication more strongly than does a dG-AF adduct and provide a possible explanation for frameshift mutagenesis during replication bypass of a dG-AAF adduct. The dG-AAF nucleoside adopts a syn conformation that facilitates the intercalation of its fluorene ring into a hydrophobic pocket on the surface of the fingers subdomain and locks the fingers in an open, inactive conformation. In contrast, the dG-AF base at the templating position is not well defined by the electron density, consistent with weak binding to the polymerase and a possible interchange of this adduct between the syn and anti conformations.
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- Shuchismita Dutta
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Bailey MF, van der Schans EJC, Millar DP. Thermodynamic dissection of the polymerizing and editing modes of a DNA polymerase. J Mol Biol 2004; 336:673-93. [PMID: 15095980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 11/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
DNA polymerases with intrinsic proofreading activity interact with DNA primer/templates in two distinct modes, corresponding to the complexes formed during the 5'-3' polymerization or 3'-5' editing of a nascent DNA chain. Thermodynamic measurements designed to quantify the energetic contributions of individual DNA-protein contacts in either the polymerizing or editing complexes are complicated by the fact that both species exist in solution and are not resolved in conventional DNA-protein binding assays. To overcome this problem, we have developed a new binding analysis that combines information from steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence experiments and uses the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (KF) and fluorescently labeled primer/template oligonucleotides as a model polymerase-DNA system. Steady-state fluorescence titrations are used to evaluate the overall affinity of KF for the primer/template, while time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy is used to quantify the equilibrium fractions of the primer/template bound in the polymerizing and editing modes. From a combined analysis of both data, the equilibrium constant and hence standard free energy change associated with each binding mode can be obtained unequivocally. This method is initially used to determine the equilibrium constants describing binding of a correctly base-paired primer/template to the 5'-3' polymerase and 3'-5' exonuclease sites of KF. It is then extended to quantify the extent to which these parameters are affected by the introduction of mismatches into the primer/template, and by rearrangement of specific side-chains in the exonuclease domain of the protein. While these perturbants were originally designed to demonstrate the utility of our new approach, they are also relevant in their own right since they have helped identify some hitherto unknown determinants of polymerase fidelity.
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- Michael F Bailey
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Delagoutte E, Von Hippel PH. Function and assembly of the bacteriophage T4 DNA replication complex: interactions of the T4 polymerase with various model DNA constructs. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:25435-47. [PMID: 12700227 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303370200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Complexes formed between DNA polymerase and genomic DNA at the replication fork are key elements of the replication machinery. We used sedimentation velocity, fluorescence anisotropy, and surface plasmon resonance to measure the binding interactions between bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase (gp43) and various model DNA constructs. These results provide quantitative insight into how this replication polymerase performs template-directed 5' --> 3' DNA synthesis and how this function is coordinated with the activities of the other proteins of the replication complex. We find that short (single- and double-stranded) DNA molecules bind a single gp43 polymerase in a nonspecific (overlap) binding mode with moderate affinity (Kd approximately 150 nm) and a binding site size of approximately 10 nucleotides for single-stranded DNA and approximately 13 bp for double-stranded DNA. In contrast, gp43 binds in a site-specific (nonoverlap) mode and significantly more tightly (Kd approximately 5 nm) to DNA constructs carrying a primer-template junction, with the polymerase covering approximately 5 nucleotides downstream and approximately 6-7 bp upstream of the 3'-primer terminus. The rate of this specific binding interaction is close to diffusion-controlled. The affinity of gp43 for the primer-template junction is modulated specifically by dNTP substrates, with the next "correct" dNTP strengthening the interaction and an incorrect dNTP weakening the observed binding. These results are discussed in terms of the individual steps of the polymerase-catalyzed single nucleotide addition cycle and the replication complex assembly process. We suggest that changes in the kinetics and thermodynamics of these steps by auxiliary replication proteins constitute a basic mechanism for protein coupling within the replication complex.
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- Emmanuelle Delagoutte
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Singh K, Modak MJ. Presence of 18-A long hydrogen bond track in the active site of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment). Its requirement in the stabilization of enzyme-template-primer complex. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:11289-302. [PMID: 12522214 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211496200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The analysis of the active site region in the crystal structures of template-primer-bound KlenTaq (Klenow fragment equivalent of Thermus aquaticus polymerase I) shows the presence of an approximately 18-A long H-bonding track contributed by the Klenow fragment equivalent of Asn(845), Gln(849), Arg(668), His(881), and Gln(677). Its location is nearly diagonal to the helical axis of the template-primer. Four base pairs in the double stranded region proximal to 3' OH end of the primer terminus appear to interact with individual amino acid components of the track through either the bases or sugar moieties. To understand the functional significance of this H-bonding network in the catalytic function of Klenow fragment (KF), we generated N845A, N845Q, Q849A, Q849N, R668A, H881A, H881V, Q677A, and Q677N mutant species by site-directed mutagenesis. All of the mutant enzymes showed low catalytic activity. The kinetic analysis of mutant enzymes indicated that K(m)(.dNTP) was not significantly altered, but K(D)(.DNA) was significantly increased. Thus the mutant enzymes of the H-bonding track residues had decreased affinity for template-primer, although the extent of decrease was variable. Most interestingly, even the reduced binding of TP by the mutant enzymes occurs in the nonproductive mode. These results demonstrate that an H-bonding track is necessary for the binding of template-primer in the catalytically competent orientation in the pol I family of enzymes. The examination of the interactive environment of individual residues of this track further clarifies the mode of cooperation in various functional domains of pol I.
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- Kamalendra Singh
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Arrigo CJ, Singh K, Modak MJ. DNA polymerase I of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: functional role of a conserved aspartate in the hinge joining the M and N helices. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:1653-61. [PMID: 11677239 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108536200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The highly conserved GXD sequence present in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA polymerase I corresponds to a hinge region in the finger subdomain connecting M and N helices of Escherichia coli pol I. An examination of the crystal structures of pol I family polymerases reveals that the invariant aspartate of the hinge forms a salt bridge with the conserved arginine of the O-helix and an H-bond with Gln-708. To clarify the role of this region, we generated and characterized conserved and nonconserved mutant derivatives of this aspartate, the preceding glutamate and the Gln in TB pol I. For comparison, D732A mutein of pol I was also included. The muteins representing conserved aspartate (Asp-707 of TB pol I or Asp-732 of pol I) showed a strong K(m)((dNTP)) effect and minor alteration in K(d)((DNA)), with about 10-20-fold decrease in overall catalytic efficiency. The TB muteins, E706A and Q683A, have less pronounced deviations from the wild-type enzyme. Further examination of D707A of TB pol I showed no alteration in the processivity or the dideoxynucleotide sensitivity patterns. However, both TB pol D707A and homologous E. coli D732A failed to form a stable E.DNA.dNTP ternary complex. These results suggest that the aspartate in the hinge region is catalytically important and is required for dNTP binding and in the formation of a prepolymerase ternary complex.
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- Cindy Jo Arrigo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Ramanathan S, Chary KV, Rao BJ. Incoming nucleotide binds to Klenow ternary complex leading to stable physical sequestration of preceding dNTP on DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:2097-105. [PMID: 11353079 PMCID: PMC55446 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.10.2097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Klenow-DNA complex is known to undergo a rate-limiting, protein conformational transition from an 'open' to 'closed' state, upon binding of the 'correct' dNTP at the active site. In the 'closed' state, Mg(2+) mediates a rapid chemical step involving nucleophilic displacement of pyrophosphate by the 3' hydroxyl of the primer terminus. The enzyme returns to the 'open' state upon the release of PPi and translocation permits the next round of reaction. To determine whether Klenow can translocate to the next site on the addition of the next dNTP, without the preceding chemical step, we studied the ternary complex (Klenow-DNA-dNTP) in the absence of Mg(2+). While the ternary complex is proficient in chemical addition of dNTPs in Mg(2+), as revealed by primer extensions, the same in Mg(2+)-deficient conditions lead to non-covalent (physical) sequestration of first two 'correct' dNTPs in the ternary complex. Moreover, the second dNTP traps the first one in the DNA-helix of the ternary complex. Such a dNTP-DNA complex is found to be stable even after the dissociation of KLENOW: This reveals the novel state of the dNTP-DNA complex where the complementary base is stacked in a DNA-helix non-covalently, without the phosphodiester linkage. Further, shuttling of the DNA between the polymerase and the exonuclease site mediates the release of such a DNA complex. Interestingly, Klenow in such a Mg(2+)-deficient ternary complex exhibits a 'closed' conformation.
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- S Ramanathan
- Department of Chemical Sciences and Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai-400 005, India
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