Structural highlights
Function
[DNAG_MYCTU] RNA polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of short RNA molecules used as primers for DNA polymerase during DNA replication.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial primase DnaG is an essential nucleic acid polymerase that generates primers for replication of chromosomal DNA. The mechanism of DnaG remains unclear due to the paucity of structural information on DnaG in complexes with other replisome components. Here we report the first crystal structures of noncovalent DnaG-DNA complexes, obtained with the RNA polymerase domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DnaG and various DNA ligands. One structure, obtained with ds DNA, reveals interactions with DnaG as it slides on ds DNA and suggests how DnaG binds template for primer synthesis. In another structure, DNA in the active site of DnaG mimics the primer, providing insight into mechanisms for the nucleotide transfer and DNA translocation. In conjunction with the recent cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T7 replisome, this study yields a model for primer elongation and hand-off to DNA polymerase.
Structures of the Catalytic Domain of Bacterial Primase DnaG in Complexes with DNA Provide Insight into Key Priming Events.,Hou C, Biswas T, Tsodikov OV Biochemistry. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00036. PMID:29558114[1]
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References
- ↑ Hou C, Biswas T, Tsodikov OV. Structures of the Catalytic Domain of Bacterial Primase DnaG in Complexes with DNA Provide Insight into Key Priming Events. Biochemistry. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00036. PMID:29558114 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00036
