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The reopening rate of the fingers domain is a determinant of base selectivity for RB69 DNA polymerase.


ABSTRACT: Two divalent metal ions are required for nucleotide incorporation by DNA polymerases. Here we use the bacteriophage RB69 DNA polymerase (RB69 pol) and the metal ion exchange-inert nucleotide analogue rhodium(III) deoxythymidine triphosphate (Rh.dTTP) to investigate the requirements of metal binding to the "A" site and to the "B" site, independently. We show that while binding of a metal ion to the A site is required for the nucleotidyl transfer reaction to occur, this metal binding is insufficient to initiate the prechemistry enzyme isomerization that has been observed with this polymerase. Moreover, we show that binding of a deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP), in the absence of a catalytic metal ion, is sufficient to induce this conformational change. In this report, we also present several lines of evidence (from pulse-chase, rapid chemical quench-flow, and stopped-flow fluorescence experiments) for the reverse rate of the enzyme isomerization, closed to open, of a DNA polymerase complex. The implications of these data for the fidelity of DNA polymerization by RB69 pol are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Lee HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2845987 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The reopening rate of the fingers domain is a determinant of base selectivity for RB69 DNA polymerase.

Lee Harold R HR   Wang Mina M   Konigsberg William W  

Biochemistry 20090301 10


Two divalent metal ions are required for nucleotide incorporation by DNA polymerases. Here we use the bacteriophage RB69 DNA polymerase (RB69 pol) and the metal ion exchange-inert nucleotide analogue rhodium(III) deoxythymidine triphosphate (Rh.dTTP) to investigate the requirements of metal binding to the "A" site and to the "B" site, independently. We show that while binding of a metal ion to the A site is required for the nucleotidyl transfer reaction to occur, this metal binding is insufficie  ...[more]

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