| Structural highlights
4irc is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli k-12. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| | Ligands: | , |
| Related: | 4ir1, 4ir9, 4irk |
| Gene: | b0231, dinB, dinP, JW0221 (Escherichia coli K-12) |
| Activity: | DNA-directed DNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.7 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum |
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
The Y-family DNA polymerase IV or PolIV (Escherichia coli) is the founding member of the DinB family and is known to play an important role in stress-induced mutagenesis. We have determined four crystal structures of this enzyme in its pre-catalytic state in complex with substrate DNA presenting the four possible template nucleotides that are paired with the corresponding incoming nucleotide triphosphates. In all four structures, the Ser42 residue in the active site forms interactions with the base moieties of the incipient Watson-Crick base pair. This residue is located close to the centre of the nascent base pair towards the minor groove. In vitro and in vivo assays show that the fidelity of the PolIV enzyme increases drastically when this Ser residue was mutated to Ala. In addition, the structure of PolIV with the mismatch A:C in the active site shows that the Ser42 residue plays an important role in stabilizing dCTP in a conformation compatible with catalysis. Overall, the structural, biochemical and functional data presented here show that the Ser42 residue is present at a strategic location to stabilize mismatches in the PolIV active site, and thus facilitate the appearance of transition and transversion mutations.
A strategically located serine residue is critical for the mutator activity of DNA polymerase IV from Escherichia coli.,Sharma A, Kottur J, Narayanan N, Nair DT Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Mar 21. PMID:23525461[6]
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See Also
References
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- ↑ Napolitano R, Janel-Bintz R, Wagner J, Fuchs RP. All three SOS-inducible DNA polymerases (Pol II, Pol IV and Pol V) are involved in induced mutagenesis. EMBO J. 2000 Nov 15;19(22):6259-65. PMID:11080171 doi:10.1093/emboj/19.22.6259
- ↑ McKenzie GJ, Lee PL, Lombardo MJ, Hastings PJ, Rosenberg SM. SOS mutator DNA polymerase IV functions in adaptive mutation and not adaptive amplification. Mol Cell. 2001 Mar;7(3):571-9. PMID:11463382
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Sharma A, Kottur J, Narayanan N, Nair DT. A strategically located serine residue is critical for the mutator activity of DNA polymerase IV from Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Mar 21. PMID:23525461 doi:10.1093/nar/gkt146
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