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SUBMITTER: Burak MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5282837 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Burak Matthew J MJ Guja Kip E KE Hambardjieva Elena E Derkunt Burak B Garcia-Diaz Miguel M
The EMBO journal 20160801 18
8-oxo-7,8-dihydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) has high mutagenic potential as it is prone to mispair with deoxyadenine (dA). In order to maintain genomic integrity, post-replicative 8-oxo-dG:dA mispairs are removed through DNA polymerase lambda (Pol λ)-dependent MUTYH-initiated base excision repair (BER). Here, we describe seven novel crystal structures and kinetic data that fully characterize 8-oxo-dG bypass by Pol λ. We demonstrate that Pol λ has a flexible active site that can tolerate 8-o ...[more]