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The Processivity of Telomerase: Insights from Kinetic Simulations and Analyses.

ABSTRACT: Telomerases are moderately processive reverse transcriptases that use an integral RNA template to extend the 3' end of linear chromosomes. Processivity values, defined as the probability of extension rather than dissociation, range from about 0.7 to 0.99 at each step. Consequently, an average of tens to hundreds of nucleotides are incorporated before the single-stranded sDNA product dissociates. The RNA template includes a six nucleotide repeat, which must be reset in the active site via a series of translocation steps. Nucleotide addition associated with a translocation event shows a lower processivity (repeat addition processivity, RAP) than that at other positions (nucleotide addition processivity, NAP), giving rise to a characteristic strong band every 6th position when the product DNA is analyzed by gel electrophoresis. Here, we simulate basic reaction mechanisms and analyze the product concentrations using several standard procedures to show how the latter can give rise to systematic errors in the processivity estimate. Complete kinetic analysis of the time course of DNA product concentrations following a chase with excess unlabeled DNA primer (i.e., a pulse-chase experiment) provides the most rigorous approach. This analysis reveals that the higher product concentrations associated with RAP arise from a stalling of nucleotide incorporation reaction during translocation rather than an increased rate constant for the dissociation of DNA from the telomerase.

SUBMITTER: Bagshaw CR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8705835 | biostudies-literature |

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