Magnesium-induced assembly of a complete DNA polymerase catalytic complex
Magnesium-induced assembly of a complete DNA polymerase catalytic complex
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DOI:
10.1016/j.str.2006.01.011
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发表时间:
2006-04-01
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5.7
通讯作者:
Wilson, SH
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作者:
Batra, VK;Beard, WA;Wilson, SH
The molecular details of the nucleotidyl transferase reaction have remained speculative, as strategies to trap catalytic intermediates for structure determination utilize substrates lacking the primer terminus 3'-OH and catalytic Mg2+, resulting in an incomplete and distorted active site geometry. Since the geometric arrangement of these essential atoms will impact chemistry, structural insight into fidelity strategies has been hampered. Here, we present a crystal structure of a precatalytic complex of a DNA polymerase with bound substrates that include the primer 3'-OH and catalytic Mg2+. This catalytic intermediate was trapped with a northydrolyzable deoxynucleotide analog. Comparison with two new structures of DNA polymerase beta-lacking the 3'-OH or catalytic Mg2+ is described. These structures provide direct evidence that both atoms are required to achieve a proper geometry necessary for an in-line nucleophilic attack of L3' on the alpha P of the incoming nucleotide.