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Röthlisberger P, Levi-Acobas F, Sarac I, Ricoux R, Mahy JP, Herdewijn P, Marlière P, Hollenstein M. Incorporation of a minimal nucleotide into DNA. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Defects in base excision repair sensitize cells to manganese in S. cerevisiae. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:295635. [PMID: 24282812 PMCID: PMC3825218 DOI: 10.1155/2013/295635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Manganese (Mn) is essential for normal physiologic functioning; therefore, deficiencies and excess intake of manganese can result in disease. In humans, prolonged exposure to manganese causes neurotoxicity characterized by Parkinson-like symptoms. Mn(2+) has been shown to mediate DNA damage possibly through the generation of reactive oxygen species. In a recent publication, we showed that Mn induced oxidative DNA damage and caused lesions in thymines. This study further investigates the mechanisms by which cells process Mn(2+)-mediated DNA damage using the yeast S. cerevisiae. The strains most sensitive to Mn(2+) were those defective in base excision repair, glutathione synthesis, and superoxide dismutase mutants. Mn(2+) caused a dose-dependent increase in the accumulation of mutations using the CAN1 and lys2-10A mutator assays. The spectrum of CAN1 mutants indicates that exposure to Mn results in accumulation of base substitutions and frameshift mutations. The sensitivity of cells to Mn(2+) as well as its mutagenic effect was reduced by N-acetylcysteine, glutathione, and Mg(2+). These data suggest that Mn(2+) causes oxidative DNA damage that requires base excision repair for processing and that Mn interferes with polymerase fidelity. The status of base excision repair may provide a biomarker for the sensitivity of individuals to manganese.
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Crespan E, Garbelli A, Amoroso A, Maga G. Exploiting the nucleotide substrate specificity of repair DNA polymerases to develop novel anticancer agents. Molecules 2011; 16:7994-8019. [PMID: 21926946 PMCID: PMC6264456 DOI: 10.3390/molecules16097994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Revised: 08/26/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The genome is constantly exposed to mutations that can originate during replication or as a result of the action of both endogenous and/or exogenous damaging agents [such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), UV light, genotoxic environmental compounds, etc.]. Cells have developed a set of specialized mechanisms to counteract this mutational burden. Many cancer cells have defects in one or more DNA repair pathways, hence they rely on a narrower set of specialized DNA repair mechanisms than normal cells. Inhibiting one of these pathways in the context of an already DNA repair-deficient genetic background, will be more toxic to cancer cells than to normal cells, a concept recently exploited in cancer chemotherapy by the synthetic lethality approach. Essential to all DNA repair pathways are the DNA pols. Thus, these enzymes are being regarded as attractive targets for the development of specific inhibitors of DNA repair in cancer cells. In this review we examine the current state-of-the-art in the development of nucleotide analogs as inhibitors of repair DNA polymerases.
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- Emmanuele Crespan
- DNA Enzymology & Molecular Virology, Insititute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Amoroso A, Concia L, Maggio C, Raynaud C, Bergounioux C, Crespan E, Cella R, Maga G. Oxidative DNA damage bypass in Arabidopsis thaliana requires DNA polymerase λ and proliferating cell nuclear antigen 2. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:806-22. [PMID: 21325140 PMCID: PMC3077771 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.081455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The oxidized base 7,8-oxoguanine (8-oxo-G) is the most common DNA lesion generated by reactive oxygen species. This lesion is highly mutagenic due to the frequent misincorporation of A opposite 8-oxo-G during DNA replication. In mammalian cells, the DNA polymerase (pol) family X enzyme DNA pol λ catalyzes the correct incorporation of C opposite 8-oxo-G, together with the auxiliary factor proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana DNA pol λ, the only member of the X family in plants, is as efficient in performing error-free translesion synthesis past 8-oxo-G as its mammalian homolog. Arabidopsis, in contrast with animal cells, possesses two genes for PCNA. Using in vitro and in vivo approaches, we observed that PCNA2, but not PCNA1, physically interacts with DNA pol λ, enhancing its fidelity and efficiency in translesion synthesis. The levels of DNA pol λ in transgenic plantlets characterized by overexpression or silencing of Arabidopsis POLL correlate with the ability of cell extracts to perform error-free translesion synthesis. The important role of DNA pol λ is corroborated by the observation that the promoter of POLL is activated by UV and that both overexpressing and silenced plants show altered growth phenotypes.
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- Alessandra Amoroso
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 8618, Plateau du Moulon, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 8618, Plateau du Moulon, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Address correspondence to
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Garcia-Diaz M, Murray MS, Kunkel TA, Chou KM. Interaction between DNA Polymerase lambda and anticancer nucleoside analogs. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:16874-9. [PMID: 20348107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.094391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The anticancer activity of cytarabine (AraC) and gemcitabine (dFdC) is thought to result from chain termination after incorporation into DNA. To investigate their incorporation into DNA at atomic level resolution, we present crystal structures of human DNA polymerase lambda (Pol lambda) bound to gapped DNA and containing either AraC or dFdC paired opposite template dG. These structures reveal that AraC and dFdC can bind within the nascent base pair binding pocket of Pol lambda. Although the conformation of the ribose of AraCTP is similar to that of normal dCTP, the conformation of dFdCTP is significantly different. Consistent with these structures, Pol lambda efficiently incorporates AraCTP but not dFdCTP. The data are consistent with the possibility that Pol lambda could modulate the cytotoxic effect of AraC.
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- Miguel Garcia-Diaz
- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Dahlmann HA, Vaidyanathan VG, Sturla SJ. Investigating the biochemical impact of DNA damage with structure-based probes: abasic sites, photodimers, alkylation adducts, and oxidative lesions. Biochemistry 2009; 48:9347-59. [PMID: 19757831 PMCID: PMC2789562 DOI: 10.1021/bi901059k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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DNA sustains a wide variety of damage, such as the formation of abasic sites, pyrimidine dimers, alkylation adducts, or oxidative lesions, upon exposure to UV radiation, alkylating agents, or oxidative conditions. Since these forms of damage may be acutely toxic or mutagenic and potentially carcinogenic, it is of interest to gain insight into how their structures impact biochemical processing of DNA, such as synthesis, transcription, and repair. Lesion-specific molecular probes have been used to study polymerase-mediated translesion DNA synthesis of abasic sites and TT dimers, while other probes have been developed for specifically investigating the alkylation adduct O(6)-Bn-G and the oxidative lesion 8-oxo-G. In this review, recent examples of lesion-specific molecular probes are surveyed; their specificities of incorporation opposite target lesions compared to unmodified nucleotides are discussed, and limitations of their applications under physiologically relevant conditions are assessed.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: ; Phone: 612-626-0496; Fax: 612-624-0139
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Motea EA, Berdis AJ. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase: the story of a misguided DNA polymerase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1804:1151-66. [PMID: 19596089 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 06/27/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Nearly every DNA polymerase characterized to date exclusively catalyzes the incorporation of mononucleotides into a growing primer using a DNA or RNA template as a guide to direct each incorporation event. There is, however, one unique DNA polymerase designated terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase that performs DNA synthesis using only single-stranded DNA as the nucleic acid substrate. In this chapter, we review the biological role of this enigmatic DNA polymerase and the biochemical mechanism for its ability to perform DNA synthesis in the absence of a templating strand. We compare and contrast the molecular events for template-independent DNA synthesis catalyzed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase with other well-characterized DNA polymerases that perform template-dependent synthesis. This includes a quantitative inspection of how terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase binds DNA and dNTP substrates, the possible involvement of a conformational change that precedes phosphoryl transfer, and kinetic steps that are associated with the release of products. These enzymatic steps are discussed within the context of the available structures of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase in the presence of DNA or nucleotide substrate. In addition, we discuss the ability of proteins involved in replication and recombination to regulate the activity of the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Finally, the biomedical role of this specialized DNA polymerase is discussed focusing on its involvement in cancer development and its use in biomedical applications such as labeling DNA for detecting apoptosis.
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- Edward A Motea
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Replication protein A and proliferating cell nuclear antigen coordinate DNA polymerase selection in 8-oxo-guanine repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:20689-94. [PMID: 19104052 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811241106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The adenine misincorporated by replicative DNA polymerases (pols) opposite 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxo-G) is removed by a specific glycosylase, leaving the lesion on the DNA. Subsequent incorporation of C opposite 8-oxo-G on the resulting 1-nt gapped DNA is essential for the removal of the 8-oxo-G to prevent G-C to T-A transversion mutations. By using model DNA templates, purified DNA pols beta and lambda and knockout cell extracts, we show here that the auxiliary proteins replication protein A and proliferating cell nuclear antigen act as molecular switches to activate the DNA pol lambda- dependent highly efficient and faithful repair of A:8-oxo-G mismatches in human cells and to repress DNA pol beta activity. By using an immortalized human fibroblast cell line that has the potential to induce cancer in mice, we show that the development of a tumoral phenotype in these cells correlated with a differential expression of DNA pols lambda and beta.
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Khandazhinskaya AL, Matyugina ES, Alexandrova LA, Shirokova EA, Kukhanova MK, Jasko MV. Aryl-containing esters of triphosphoric acid as substrates of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2008; 26:641-4. [PMID: 18066871 DOI: 10.1080/15257770701490480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A new group of terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase (TDT) substrates, namely, non-nucleoside triphosphates (NNTP) bearing 5-substituted 2,4-dinitrophenyl fragments instead of nucleoside residues was synthesized.
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- A L Khandazhinskaya
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Crespan E, Hübscher U, Maga G. Error-free bypass of 2-hydroxyadenine by human DNA polymerase lambda with Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen and Replication Protein A in different sequence contexts. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:5173-81. [PMID: 17666409 PMCID: PMC1976453 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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1,2-dihydro-2-oxoadenine (2-OH-A), a common DNA lesion produced by reactive oxygen species, is a strong replicative block for several DNA polymerases (DNA pols). We have previously shown that various bases can be misincorporated opposite the 2-OH-A lesion and the type of mispairs varies with either the sequence context or the type of DNA pol tested. Here, we have analysed the ability of the human pol family X member DNA pol λ, to bypass the 2-OH-A lesion. DNA pol λ can perform error-free bypass of 2-OH-A when this lesion is located in a random sequence, whereas in a repeated sequence context, even though bypass was also largely error-free, misincorporation of dGMP could be observed. The fidelity of translesion synthesis of 2-OH-A in a repeated sequence by DNA pol λ was enhanced by the auxiliary proteins Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) and Replication Protein A (RP-A). We also found that the DNA pol λ active site residue tyrosine 505 determined the nucleotide selectivity opposite 2-OH-A. Our data show, for the first time, that the 2-OH-A lesion can be efficiently and faithfully bypassed by a human DNA pol λ in combination with PCNA and RP-A.
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- Emmanuele Crespan
- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy and Institute for Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy and Institute for Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy and Institute for Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed.+39 0382546354+39 0382422286
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Jasko M, Khandazhinskaya A, Alexandrova L, Shirokova E, Ivanov A, Kukhanova M. Synthesis of novel alkyl triphosphates and their substrate properties toward terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2007; 26:323-34. [PMID: 17479429 DOI: 10.1080/15257770701296713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Novel triphosphate derivatives bearing bulky or small groups at alpha-position attached to the triphosphate residue through linkers of different structures and lengths were synthesized and studied as substrates toward terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase. The substrate efficacy depends on the structure of substituents, linker length, and nature of metal activator. The replacement of hydrophobic groups by small substituents decreased the substrate efficacy by about 20 times in respect to hydrophobic residues. The dependence on metal activator is the following: Co(2+) > Mn(2+) >> Mg(2+). The model of interaction of alkyl triphosphates with linkers of different lengths bearing TdT active site is presented.
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- Maxim Jasko
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Crespan E, Alexandrova L, Khandazhinskaya A, Jasko M, Kukhanova M, Villani G, Hübscher U, Spadari S, Maga G. Expanding the repertoire of DNA polymerase substrates: template-instructed incorporation of non-nucleoside triphosphate analogues by DNA polymerases beta and lambda. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 35:45-57. [PMID: 17148482 PMCID: PMC1761426 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We have recently shown that neither the base nor the sugar moieties of a nucleotide is an essential feature for its incorporation by DNA polymerases (pols) λ and β. Here we present the identification of novel non-nucleoside triphosphate (NNTP) derivatives belonging to three classes: (i) non-substrate-specific inhibitors of DNA pol λ; (ii) substrate inhibitors which could preferentially be incorporated by either DNA pol λ wild type or its Y505A mutant and (iii) the substrate inhibitor N-(Biphenylcarbonyl)-4-oxobutyl triphosphate which could be incorporated exclusively by DNA pol β in a Mg2+-dependent manner, and preferentially pairs with A on the template. This compound represents the first example of a substrate lacking both nucleobase and ribose residue, showing distinct base-pairing properties with normal bases. Therefore, this NNTP analog can be considered as the prototype of an entirely novel class of DNA pol substrates.
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, RAS32 Vavilov Street, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, RAS32 Vavilov Street, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, RAS32 Vavilov Street, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Zürich-IrchelWinterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +39 03825 46354; Fax: +39 03824 22286;
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Foley MC, Arora K, Schlick T. Sequential side-chain residue motions transform the binary into the ternary state of DNA polymerase lambda. Biophys J 2006; 91:3182-95. [PMID: 16920835 PMCID: PMC1614482 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.092080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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 nature of conformational transitions in DNA polymerase lambda (pol lambda), a low-fidelity DNA repair enzyme in the X-family that fills short nucleotide gaps, is investigated. Specifically, to determine whether pol lambda has an induced-fit mechanism and open-to-closed transition before chemistry, we analyze a series of molecular dynamics simulations from both the binary and ternary states before chemistry, with and without the incoming nucleotide, with and without the catalytic Mg(2+) ion in the active site, and with alterations in active site residues Ile(492) and Arg(517). Though flips occurred for several side-chain residues (Ile(492), Tyr(505), Phe(506)) in the active site toward the binary (inactive) conformation and partial DNA motion toward the binary position occurred without the incoming nucleotide, large-scale subdomain motions were not observed in any trajectory from the ternary complex regardless of the presence of the catalytic ion. Simulations from the binary state with incoming nucleotide exhibit more thumb subdomain motion, particularly in the loop containing beta-strand 8 in the thumb, but closing occurred only in the Ile(492)Ala mutant trajectory started from the binary state with incoming nucleotide and both ions. Further connections between active site residues and the DNA position are also revealed through our Ile(492)Ala and Arg(517)Ala mutant studies. Our combined studies suggest that while pol lambda does not demonstrate large-scale subdomain movements as DNA polymerase beta (pol beta), significant DNA motion exists, and there are sequential subtle side chain and other motions-associated with Arg(514), Arg(517), Ile(492), Phe(506), Tyr(505), the DNA, and again Arg(514) and Arg(517)-all coupled to active site divalent ions and the DNA motion. Collectively, these motions transform pol lambda to the chemistry-competent state. Significantly, analogs of these residues in pol beta (Lys(280), Arg(283), Arg(258), Phe(272), and Tyr(271), respectively) have demonstrated roles in determining enzyme efficiency and fidelity. As proposed for pol beta, motions of these residues may serve as gate-keepers by controlling the evolution of the reaction pathway before the chemical reaction.
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- Meredith C Foley
- Department of Chemistry and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, USA
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