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"Mechanism of nucleotide incorporation opposite a thymine-thymine dimer by yeast DNA polymerase eta." |
Washington MT, Prakash L, Prakash S |
Published Oct. 14, 2003 in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A volume 100 .
Pubmed ID: 14527996
Abstract:
| DNA polymerase eta (Poleta) has the unique ability to replicate through UV-light-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers. Here we use pre-steady-state kinetic analyses to examine the mechanism of nucleotide incorporation opposite a cis-syn thymine-thymine (TT) dimer and an identical nondamaged sequence by yeast Poleta. Poleta displayed "burst" kinetics for nucleotide incorporation opposite both the damaged and nondamaged templates. Although a slight decrease occurred in the affinity (Kd) of nucleotide binding opposite the TT dimer relative to the nondamaged template, the rate (kpol) of nucleotide incorporation was the same whether the template was damaged or nondamaged. These results strongly support a mechanism in which the nucleotide is directly inserted opposite the TT dimer by using its intrinsic base-pairing ability without any hindrance from the distorted geometry of the lesion. |
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Last modification of this entry: Oct. 6, 2010
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