Structural highlights
Function
RNH1_HALH5 Endonuclease that specifically degrades the RNA of RNA-DNA hybrids.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Certain DNA polymerases (pols) were found to efficiently insert A opposite the hydrophobic T isostere 2,4-difluorotoluene (F) and vice versa, resulting in the widely held belief that some pols rely on shape rather than H-bonding for accurate replication. Using X-ray crystallography we have analyzed the geometry of F:A pairs in duplex DNA and observed a distance between fluorine and the exocyclic amino group of A that is consistent with a H-bond, thus challenging the assumption that the F analogue is unable to engage in H-bonding as well as the steric hypothesis of DNA replication. Therefore, shape and H-bonding are inherently related, and steric constraints at a pol active site, or conferred by stacking or the DNA backbone conformation, may enable H-bonding by F.
Pairing Geometry of the Hydrophobic Thymine Analogue 2,4-Difluorotoluene in Duplex DNA as Analyzed by X-ray Crystallography.,Pallan PS, Egli M J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Aug 17. PMID:19685868[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Nowotny M, Gaidamakov SA, Crouch RJ, Yang W. Crystal structures of RNase H bound to an RNA/DNA hybrid: substrate specificity and metal-dependent catalysis. Cell. 2005 Jul 1;121(7):1005-16. PMID:15989951 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2005.04.024
- ↑ Pallan PS, Egli M. Pairing Geometry of the Hydrophobic Thymine Analogue 2,4-Difluorotoluene in Duplex DNA as Analyzed by X-ray Crystallography. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Aug 17. PMID:19685868 doi:10.1021/ja905739j
