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Structural highlights

Function

[DPOL_BPT7] Replicates viral genomic DNA. Non-processive DNA polymerase that achieves processivity by binding to host thioredoxin (TrxA). This interaction increases the rate of dNTP incorporation to yield a processivity of approximately 800 nucleotides (nt) per binding event. Interacts with DNA helicase gp4 to coordinate nucleotide polymerization with unwinding of the DNA. The leading strand is synthesized continuously while synthesis of the lagging strand requires the synthesis of oligoribonucleotides by the primase domain of gp4.^{[1] [2]} [THIO_ECO57] Participates in various redox reactions through the reversible oxidation of its active center dithiol to a disulfide and catalyzes dithiol-disulfide exchange reactions (By similarity). [PRIM_BPT7] Synthesizes short RNA primers for DNA replication. Unwinds the DNA at the replication forks and generates single-stranded DNA for both leading and lagging strand synthesis. The primase synthesizes short RNA primers on the lagging strand that the polymerase elongates using dNTPs.^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Notarnicola SM, Mulcahy HL, Lee J, Richardson CC. The acidic carboxyl terminus of the bacteriophage T7 gene 4 helicase/primase interacts with T7 DNA polymerase. J Biol Chem. 1997 Jul 18;272(29):18425-33. PMID:9218486
2. ↑ Zhang H, Lee SJ, Zhu B, Tran NQ, Tabor S, Richardson CC. Helicase-DNA polymerase interaction is critical to initiate leading-strand DNA synthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jun 7;108(23):9372-7. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1106678108. Epub 2011 May 23. PMID:21606333 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106678108
3. ↑ Kong D, Griffith JD, Richardson CC. Gene 4 helicase of bacteriophage T7 mediates strand transfer through pyrimidine dimers, mismatches, and nonhomologous regions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Apr 1;94(7):2987-92. PMID:9096333
4. ↑ Zhang H, Lee SJ, Zhu B, Tran NQ, Tabor S, Richardson CC. Helicase-DNA polymerase interaction is critical to initiate leading-strand DNA synthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jun 7;108(23):9372-7. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1106678108. Epub 2011 May 23. PMID:21606333 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106678108
5. ↑ Kulczyk AW, Akabayov B, Lee SJ, Bostina M, Berkowitz SA, Richardson CC. An interaction between DNA polymerase and helicase is essential for the high processivity of the bacteriophage T7 replisome. J Biol Chem. 2012 Nov 9;287(46):39050-60. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.410647. Epub 2012, Sep 12. PMID:22977246 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.410647