Structural highlights
4m8o is a 3 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Ligands: | , , , , |
| NonStd Res: | , , |
| Activity: | DNA-directed DNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.7 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
[DPOE_YEAST] DNA polymerase epsilon (DNA polymerase II) participates in chromosomal DNA replication. It is required during synthesis of the leading and lagging DNA strands at the replication fork and binds at/or near replication origins and moves along DNA with the replication fork. It has 3'-5' proofreading exonuclease activity that correct errors arising during DNA replication. It is also involved in DNA synthesis during DNA repair.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
DNA polymerase varepsilon (Pol varepsilon) is a high-fidelity polymerase that has been shown to participate in leading-strand synthesis during DNA replication in eukaryotic cells. We present here a ternary structure of the catalytic core of Pol varepsilon (142 kDa) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in complex with DNA and an incoming nucleotide. This structure provides information about the selection of the correct nucleotide and the positions of amino acids that might be critical for proofreading activity. Pol varepsilon has the highest fidelity among B-family polymerases despite the absence of an extended beta-hairpin loop that is required for high-fidelity replication by other B-family polymerases. Moreover, the catalytic core has a new domain that allows Pol varepsilon to encircle the nascent double-stranded DNA. Altogether, the structure provides an explanation for the high processivity and high fidelity of leading-strand DNA synthesis in eukaryotes.
Structural basis for processive DNA synthesis by yeast DNA polymerase varepsilon.,Hogg M, Osterman P, Bylund GO, Ganai RA, Lundstrom EB, Sauer-Eriksson AE, Johansson E Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2014 Jan;21(1):49-55. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2712. Epub 2013 Dec , 1. PMID:24292646[2]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
See Also
References
- ↑ Shimizu K, Hashimoto K, Kirchner JM, Nakai W, Nishikawa H, Resnick MA, Sugino A. Fidelity of DNA polymerase epsilon holoenzyme from budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 4;277(40):37422-9. Epub 2002 Jul 17. PMID:12124389 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M204476200
- ↑ Hogg M, Osterman P, Bylund GO, Ganai RA, Lundstrom EB, Sauer-Eriksson AE, Johansson E. Structural basis for processive DNA synthesis by yeast DNA polymerase varepsilon. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2014 Jan;21(1):49-55. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2712. Epub 2013 Dec , 1. PMID:24292646 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2712
