Structural highlights
Function
[DPOLM_MOUSE] Gap-filling polymerase involved in repair of DNA double-strand breaks by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Participates in immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain gene rearrangement in V(D)J recombination.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
DNA polymerase mu (Pol mu) is a family X enzyme with unique substrate specificity that contributes to its specialized role in nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ). To investigate Pol mu's unusual substrate specificity, we describe the 2.4 A crystal structure of the polymerase domain of murine Pol mu bound to gapped DNA with a correct dNTP at the active site. This structure reveals substrate interactions with side chains in Pol mu that differ from other family X members. For example, a single amino acid substitution, H329A, has little effect on template-dependent synthesis by Pol mu from a paired primer terminus, but it reduces both template-independent and template-dependent synthesis during NHEJ of intermediates whose 3' ends lack complementary template strand nucleotides. These results provide insight into the substrate specificity and differing functions of four closely related mammalian family X DNA polymerases.
Structural insight into the substrate specificity of DNA Polymerase mu.,Moon AF, Garcia-Diaz M, Bebenek K, Davis BJ, Zhong X, Ramsden DA, Kunkel TA, Pedersen LC Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2007 Jan;14(1):45-53. Epub 2006 Dec 10. PMID:17159995[3]
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References
- ↑ Bertocci B, De Smet A, Weill JC, Reynaud CA. Nonoverlapping functions of DNA polymerases mu, lambda, and terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase during immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination in vivo. Immunity. 2006 Jul;25(1):31-41. PMID:16860755 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2006.04.013
- ↑ Capp JP, Boudsocq F, Besnard AG, Lopez BS, Cazaux C, Hoffmann JS, Canitrot Y. Involvement of DNA polymerase mu in the repair of a specific subset of DNA double-strand breaks in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(11):3551-60. Epub 2007 May 5. PMID:17483519 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkm243
- ↑ Moon AF, Garcia-Diaz M, Bebenek K, Davis BJ, Zhong X, Ramsden DA, Kunkel TA, Pedersen LC. Structural insight into the substrate specificity of DNA Polymerase mu. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2007 Jan;14(1):45-53. Epub 2006 Dec 10. PMID:17159995 doi:10.1038/nsmb1180
