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Function
[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.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Visualization in atomic detail of the replisome that performs concerted leading- and lagging-DNA strand synthesis at a replication fork has not been reported. Using bacteriophage T7 as a model system, we determined cryo-electron microscopy structures up to 3.2-angstroms resolution of helicase translocating along DNA and of helicase-polymerase-primase complexes engaging in synthesis of both DNA strands. Each domain of the spiral-shaped hexameric helicase translocates sequentially hand-over-hand along a single-stranded DNA coil, akin to the way AAA+ ATPases (adenosine triphosphatases) unfold peptides. Two lagging-strand polymerases are attached to the primase, ready for Okazaki fragment synthesis in tandem. A beta hairpin from the leading-strand polymerase separates two parental DNA strands into a T-shaped fork, thus enabling the closely coupled helicase to advance perpendicular to the downstream DNA duplex. These structures reveal the molecular organization and operating principles of a replisome.
Structures and operating principles of the replisome.,Gao Y, Cui Y, Fox T, Lin S, Wang H, de Val N, Zhou ZH, Yang W Science. 2019 Feb 22;363(6429). pii: science.aav7003. doi:, 10.1126/science.aav7003. Epub 2019 Jan 24. PMID:30679383[4]
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References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Gao Y, Cui Y, Fox T, Lin S, Wang H, de Val N, Zhou ZH, Yang W. Structures and operating principles of the replisome. Science. 2019 Feb 22;363(6429). pii: science.aav7003. doi:, 10.1126/science.aav7003. Epub 2019 Jan 24. PMID:30679383 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aav7003
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