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Human DNA polymerase delta is a pentameric holoenzyme with a dimeric p12 subunit.

ABSTRACT: Human DNA polymerase delta (Pol?), a holoenzyme consisting of p125, p50, p68, and p12 subunits, plays an essential role in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Herein, using multiple physicochemical and cellular approaches, we found that the p12 protein forms a dimer in solution. In vitro reconstitution and pull down of cellular Pol? by tagged p12 substantiate the pentameric nature of this critical holoenzyme. Furthermore, a consensus proliferating nuclear antigen (PCNA) interaction protein motif at the extreme carboxyl-terminal tail and a homodimerization domain at the amino terminus of the p12 subunit were identified. Mutational analyses of these motifs in p12 suggest that dimerization facilitates p12 binding to the interdomain connecting loop of PCNA. In addition, we observed that oligomerization of the smallest subunit of Pol? is evolutionarily conserved as Cdm1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe also dimerizes. Thus, we suggest that human Pol? is a pentameric complex with a dimeric p12 subunit, and discuss implications of p12 dimerization in enzyme architecture and PCNA interaction during DNA replication.

SUBMITTER: Khandagale P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6424025 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Human DNA polymerase delta is a pentameric holoenzyme with a dimeric p12 subunit.

Khandagale Prashant P Peroumal Doureradjou D Manohar Kodavati K Acharya Narottam N

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Human DNA polymerase delta (Polδ), a holoenzyme consisting of p125, p50, p68, and p12 subunits, plays an essential role in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Herein, using multiple physicochemical and cellular approaches, we found that the p12 protein forms a dimer in solution. In vitro reconstitution and pull down of cellular Polδ by tagged p12 substantiate the pentameric nature of this critical holoenzyme. Furthermore, a consensus proliferating nuclear antigen (PCNA) interaction prote ...[more]

PMID: 30885984

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Human DNA polymerase delta is a pentameric holoenzyme with a dimeric p12 subunit.

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Human DNA polymerase delta is a pentameric holoenzyme with a dimeric p12 subunit.

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