Publication Date:
2007-11-10
Description:
DNA polymerase eta (Pol eta) is a eukaryotic lesion bypass polymerase that helps organisms to survive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and tumor cells to gain resistance against cisplatin-based chemotherapy. It allows cells to replicate across cross-link lesions such as 1,2-d(GpG) cisplatin adducts (Pt-GG) and UV-induced cis-syn thymine dimers. We present structural and biochemical analysis of how Pol eta copies Pt-GG-containing DNA. The damaged DNA is bound in an open DNA binding rim. Nucleotidyl transfer requires the DNA to rotate into an active conformation, driven by hydrogen bonding of the templating base to the dNTP. For the 3'dG of the Pt-GG, this step is accomplished by a Watson-Crick base pair to dCTP and is biochemically efficient and accurate. In contrast, bypass of the 5'dG of the Pt-GG is less efficient and promiscuous for dCTP and dATP as a result of the presence of the rigid Pt cross-link. Our analysis reveals the set of structural features that enable Pol eta to replicate across strongly distorting DNA lesions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Alt, Aaron -- Lammens, Katja -- Chiocchini, Claudia -- Lammens, Alfred -- Pieck, J Carsten -- Kuch, David -- Hopfner, Karl-Peter -- Carell, Thomas -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Nov 9;318(5852):967-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPS), Ludwig Maximilians University, D-81377 Munich, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17991862" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Antineoplastic Agents/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Base Pairing
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Binding Sites
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Cisplatin/analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Crystallization
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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DNA/chemistry/*metabolism
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DNA Adducts/chemistry/*metabolism
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*DNA Damage
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DNA Replication
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DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Deoxycytosine Nucleotides/chemistry/metabolism
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Models, Molecular
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Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Protein Conformation
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Templates, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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