Structural highlights
Function
DPO4_ECOLI Poorly processive, error-prone DNA polymerase involved in untargeted mutagenesis. Copies undamaged DNA at stalled replication forks, which arise in vivo from mismatched or misaligned primer ends. These misaligned primers can be extended by PolIV. Exhibits no 3'-5' exonuclease (proofreading) activity. Overexpression of polIV results in increased frameshift mutagenesis. It is required for stationary-phase adaptive mutation, which provides the bacterium with flexibility in dealing with environmental stress, enhancing long-term survival and evolutionary fitness. May be involved in translesional synthesis, in conjunction with the beta clamp from PolIII.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Recent studies posit that reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to the cell lethality of bactericidal antibiotics. However, this conjecture has been challenged and remains controversial. To resolve this controversy, we adopted a strategy that involves DNA polymerase IV (PolIV). The nucleotide pool of the cell gets oxidized by ROS and PolIV incorporates the damaged nucleotides (especially 8oxodGTP) into the genome, which results in death of the bacteria. By using a combination of structural and biochemical tools coupled with growth assays, it was shown that selective perturbation of the 8oxodGTP incorporation activity of PolIV results in considerable enhancement of the survival of bacteria in the presence of the norfloxacin antibiotic. Our studies therefore indicate that ROS induced in bacteria by the presence of antibiotics in the environment contribute significantly to cell lethality.
Reactive Oxygen Species Play an Important Role in the Bactericidal Activity of Quinolone Antibiotics.,Kottur J, Nair DT Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Feb 12;55(7):2397-400. doi: 10.1002/anie.201509340. , Epub 2016 Jan 12. PMID:26757158[6]
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References
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- ↑ Lenne-Samuel N, Wagner J, Etienne H, Fuchs RP. The processivity factor beta controls DNA polymerase IV traffic during spontaneous mutagenesis and translesion synthesis in vivo. EMBO Rep. 2002 Jan;3(1):45-9. Epub 2001 Dec 19. PMID:11751576 doi:10.1093/embo-reports/kvf007
- ↑ Yeiser B, Pepper ED, Goodman MF, Finkel SE. SOS-induced DNA polymerases enhance long-term survival and evolutionary fitness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jun 25;99(13):8737-41. Epub 2002 Jun 11. PMID:12060704 doi:10.1073/pnas.092269199
- ↑ Kottur J, Nair DT. Reactive Oxygen Species Play an Important Role in the Bactericidal Activity of Quinolone Antibiotics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Feb 12;55(7):2397-400. doi: 10.1002/anie.201509340. , Epub 2016 Jan 12. PMID:26757158 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201509340
