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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2016

Archaeoglobus Fulgidus DNA Polymerase D: A Zinc-Binding Protein Inhibited by Hypoxanthine and Uracil.

Javier Abellón-Ruiz, Kevin J Waldron, Bernard A Connolly

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Javier Abellón-RuizInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
Kevin J WaldronInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
Bernard A ConnollyInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. Electronic address: bernard.connolly@ncl.ac.uk.
Newcastle University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K005359/1Wellcome Trust 098375
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Archaeal family-D DNA polymerases (Pol-D) comprise a small (DP1) proofreading subunit and a large (DP2) polymerase subunit. Pol-D is one of the least studied polymerase families, and this publication investigates the enzyme from Archaeoglobus fulgidus (Afu Pol-D). The C-terminal region of DP2 contains two conserved cysteine clusters, and their roles are investigated using site-directed mutagenesis. The cluster nearest the C terminus is essential for polymerase activity, and the cysteines are shown to serve as ligands for a single, critical Zn(2+) ion. The cysteines farthest from the C terminal were not required for activity, and a role for these amino acids has yet to be defined. Additionally, it is shown that Afu Pol-D activity is slowed by the template strand hypoxanthine, extending previous results that demonstrated inhibition by uracil. Hypoxanthine was a weaker inhibitor than uracil. Investigations with isolated DP2, which has a measurable polymerase activity, localised the deaminated base binding site to this subunit. Uracil and hypoxanthine slowed Afu Pol-D "in trans", that is, a copied DNA strand could be inhibited by a deaminated base in the alternate strand of a replication fork. The error rate of Afu Pol-D, measured in vitro, was 0.24×10(-5), typical for a polymerase that has been proposed to carry out genome replication in the Archaea. Deleting the 3'-5' proofreading exonuclease activity reduced fidelity twofold. The results presented in this publication considerably increase our knowledge of Pol-D.

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Archaeal ProteinsArchaeoglobus fulgidusBinding SitesCarrier ProteinsCysteineDNA, ArchaealDNA Polymerase IIIDNA ReplicationHypoxanthineMutagenesis, Site-DirectedUracilZincArchaeal ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCysteineDNA, ArchaealDNA Polymerase IIIHypoxanthineUracilZinczinc-binding proteinArchaeaDNA polymerase DhypoxanthineuracilZn-binding protein

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PMID27320386
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