作者: Mary K Johnson , Jithesh Kottur , Deepak T Nair
DOI: 10.2210/PDB6JUS/PDB
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摘要: The presence of ribonucleotides in DNA can lead to genomic instability and cellular lethality. To prevent adventitious rNTP incorporation, the majority polymerases (dPols) possess a steric filter. dPol named MsDpo4 (Mycobacterium smegmatis) naturally lacks this filter hence is capable addition. introduction did not result complete abrogation ability enzyme incorporate ribonucleotides. In comparison, polymerase IV (PolIV) from Escherichia coli exhibited stringent selection for deoxyribonucleotides. A comparison PolIV led discovery an additional polar responsible sugar selectivity. Thr43 represents residue forms interactions with incoming nucleotide draw it closer surface. As result, 2'-OH rNTPs will clash surface, therefore cannot be accommodated active site conformation compatible productive catalysis. substitution equivalent MsDpo4-Cys47, Thr drastic reduction mycobacterial rNTPs. Overall, our studies evince that serves ribonucleotide incorporation by dPols.