Breakthrough for a DNA break-preventer.
Breakthrough for a DNA break-preventer.
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DNA 断裂预防剂的突破。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1400512111
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Lange,SabineS
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文献类型:
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作者:
Wood,RichardD;Lange,SabineS
Mammalian genomes encode about 16 distinct DNA polymerases that participate in different aspects of DNA replication, DNA repair, recombination, or bypass of DNA damage (1, 2). The DNA polymerases used for normal replication generally cannot proceed on damaged DNA. When a damaged site is encountered, replication is stalled at least temporarily, and the lesion may be bypassed by invoking a process of translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) mediated by specialized DNA polymerases, or by switching to another undamaged DNA template. In a report in PNAS (3), Lee et al. significantly advance the possibilities for understanding this process by their work on DNA polymerase ζ (Pol ζ), arguably the most important of the specialized DNA polymerases. The authors describe the purification of an active form of the human Pol ζ holoenzyme composed of four subunits, which opens up the possibility for detailed biochemical and structural studies of this essential enzyme. Pol ζ from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been available, but the mammalian protein has additional functions (for example, it is essential in mammals, but not in yeast), and the catalytic subunit (called REV3L) is about twice the size of the yeast protein.Pol ζ is exceptionally significant in the defense of mammalian cells against DNA damage. Pol ζ is needed for the bypass of many DNA lesions by TLS, although it can be mutagenic if an incorrect base is inserted opposite a mis-instructional lesion in the DNA template (4–6). However, a perilous consequence of delaying bypass is that the machinery at the DNA replication fork can collapse, leaving it exposed to enzymes in the cell that cut the DNA and form a double-strand break. Pol ζ aids in replication of some naturally occurring DNA sequences that are inherently difficult to traverse, such as the “fragile-site” regions in mammalian genomes, or sequences forming non-B DNA structures (7, 8).
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DOI:
10.3109/10409238009105470
发表时间:
1980
期刊:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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影响因子:
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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发表时间:
1984
期刊:
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影响因子:
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