1ua0

Aminofluorene DNA adduct at the pre-insertion site of a DNA polymeraseAminofluorene DNA adduct at the pre-insertion site of a DNA polymerase

Structural highlights 1ua0 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 12980. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: , , Related: 1ua1 Activity: DNA-directed DNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.7 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Aromatic amines have been studied for more than a half-century as model carcinogens representing a class of chemicals that form bulky adducts to the C8 position of guanine in DNA. Among these guanine adducts, the N-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-aminofluorene (G-AF) and N-2-(2'-deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-acetylaminofluorene (G-AAF) derivatives are the best studied. Although G-AF and G-AAF differ by only an acetyl group, they exert different effects on DNA replication by replicative and high-fidelity DNA polymerases. Translesion synthesis of G-AF is achieved with high-fidelity polymerases, whereas replication of G-AAF requires specialized bypass polymerases. Here we have presented structures of G-AF as it undergoes one round of accurate replication by a high-fidelity DNA polymerase. Nucleotide incorporation opposite G-AF is achieved in solution and in the crystal, revealing how the polymerase accommodates and replicates past G-AF, but not G-AAF. Like an unmodified guanine, G-AF adopts a conformation that allows it to form Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds with an opposing cytosine that results in protrusion of the bulky fluorene moiety into the major groove. Although incorporation opposite G-AF is observed, the C:G-AF base pair induces distortions to the polymerase active site that slow translesion synthesis. Observing translesion synthesis of an aromatic amine DNA adduct by a high-fidelity DNA polymerase.,Hsu GW, Kiefer JR, Burnouf D, Becherel OJ, Fuchs RP, Beese LS J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 26;279(48):50280-5. Epub 2004 Sep 22. PMID:15385534 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also DNA polymerase

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