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ArticleNature communications2023

Molecular basis for proofreading by the unique exonuclease domain of Family-D DNA polymerases.

Leonardo Betancurt-Anzola, Markel Martínez-Carranza, Marc Delarue, Kelly M Zatopek, Andrew F Gardner, Ludovic Sauguet

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The proofreading mechanism of the human leading-strand DNA polymerase ε holoenzyme.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Leonardo Betancurt-AnzolaArchitecture and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR 3528, Paris, France.
Markel Martínez-CarranzaArchitecture and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR 3528, Paris, France.
Marc DelarueArchitecture and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR 3528, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0723-8102
Kelly M ZatopekNew England Biolabs Inc., 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA, 01938, USA. kzatopek@neb.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0787-8495
Andrew F GardnerNew England Biolabs Inc., 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA, 01938, USA. gardner@neb.com.
Ludovic SauguetArchitecture and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR 3528, Paris, France. ludovic.sauguet@pasteur.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-1259-6601
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRNew England Biolabs (United States) · US

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ARCHAPRIM
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replicative DNA polymerases duplicate entire genomes at high fidelity. This feature is shared among the three domains of life and is facilitated by their dual polymerase and exonuclease activities. Family D replicative DNA polymerases (PolD), found exclusively in Archaea, contain an unusual RNA polymerase-like catalytic core, and a unique Mre11-like proofreading active site. Here, we present cryo-EM structures of PolD trapped in a proofreading mode, revealing an unanticipated correction mechanism that extends the repertoire of protein domains known to be involved in DNA proofreading. Based on our experimental structures, mutants of PolD were designed and their contribution to mismatch bypass and exonuclease kinetics was determined. This study sheds light on the convergent evolution of structurally distinct families of DNA polymerases, and the domain acquisition and exchange mechanism that occurred during the evolution of the replisome in the three domains of life.

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DNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseExonucleasesCatalytic DomainDNA ReplicationProtein DomainsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseExonucleases

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PMID38097591
PMCPMC10721889
OpenAlexW4389732882

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