Structural highlights
3k59 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Ecoli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Ligands: | , |
| NonStd Res: | |
| Related: | 3k57, 3k58, 3k5a, 3k5l, 3k5m, 3k5n, 3k5o |
| Gene: | b0060, dinA, JW0059, polB (ECOLI) |
| Activity: | DNA-directed DNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.7 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
[DPO2_ECOLI] Thought to be involved in DNA repair and/or mutagenesis.
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
E. coli DNA Pol II and eukaryotic Rev3 are B-family polymerases that can extend primers past a damaged or mismatched site when the high-fidelity replicative polymerases in the same family are ineffective. We report here the biochemical and structural properties of DNA Pol II that facilitate this translesion synthesis. DNA Pol II can extend primers past lesions either directly or by template skipping, in which small protein cavities outside of the active site accommodate looped-out template nucleotides 1 or 2 bp upstream. Because of multiple looping-out alternatives, mutation spectra of bypass synthesis are complicated. Moreover, translesion synthesis is enhanced by altered partitioning of DNA substrate between the polymerase active site and the proofreading exonuclease site. Compared to the replicative B family polymerases, DNA Pol II has subtle amino acid changes remote from the active site that allow it to replicate normal DNA with high efficiency yet conduct translesion synthesis when needed.
Structural insight into translesion synthesis by DNA Pol II.,Wang F, Yang W Cell. 2009 Dec 24;139(7):1279-89. PMID:20064374[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
- ↑ Wang F, Yang W. Structural insight into translesion synthesis by DNA Pol II. Cell. 2009 Dec 24;139(7):1279-89. PMID:20064374 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.11.043
