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"Role of DNA polymerase zeta in the bypass of a (6-4) TT photoproduct." |
Johnson RE, Haracska L, Prakash S, Prakash L |
Published May 1, 2001 in Mol Cell Biol volume 21 .
Pubmed ID: 11313481
Abstract:
| UV light-induced DNA lesions block the normal replication machinery. Eukaryotic cells possess DNA polymerase eta (Poleta), which has the ability to replicate past a cis-syn thymine-thymine (TT) dimer efficiently and accurately, and mutations in human Poleta result in the cancer-prone syndrome, the variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum. Here, we test Poleta for its ability to bypass a (6-4) TT lesion which distorts the DNA helix to a much greater extent than a cis-syn TT dimer. Opposite the 3' T of a (6-4) TT photoproduct, both yeast and human Poleta preferentially insert a G residue, but they are unable to extend from the inserted nucleotide. DNA Polzeta, essential for UV induced mutagenesis, efficiently extends from the G residue inserted opposite the 3' T of the (6-4) TT lesion by Poleta, and Polzeta inserts the correct nucleotide A opposite the 5' T of the lesion. Thus, the efficient bypass of the (6-4) TT photoproduct is achieved by the combined action of Poleta and Polzeta, wherein Poleta inserts a nucleotide opposite the 3' T of the lesion and Polzeta extends from it. These biochemical observations are in concert with genetic studies in yeast indicating that mutations occur predominantly at the 3' T of the (6-4) TT photoproduct and that these mutations frequently exhibit a 3' T-->C change that would result from the insertion of a G opposite the 3' T of the (6-4) TT lesion. |
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