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PDBsum entry 4ktq

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Transferase/DNA PDB id
4ktq

 

 

 

 

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Protein chain
539 a.a. *
DNA/RNA
Waters ×103
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
4ktq
Name: Transferase/DNA
Title: Binary complex of the large fragment of DNA polymerase i from t. Aquaticus bound to a primer/template DNA
Structure: DNA (5'-d( Gp Ap Cp Cp Ap Cp Gp Gp Cp Gp Cp (Doc))-3'). Chain: b. Engineered: yes. DNA (5'-d( Gp Gp Gp Cp Gp Cp Cp Gp Tp Gp Gp Tp C)-3'). Chain: c. Engineered: yes. Protein (large fragment of DNA polymerase i). Chain: a. Engineered: yes
Source: Synthetic: yes. Thermus aquaticus. Organism_taxid: 271. Strain: x7029. Gene: taq. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562.
Biol. unit: Trimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
2.50Å     R-factor:   0.227     R-free:   0.298
Authors: Y.Li,G.Waksman
Key ref: Y.Li et al. (1998). Crystal structures of open and closed forms of binary and ternary complexes of the large fragment of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I: structural basis for nucleotide incorporation. Embo J, 17, 7514-7525. PubMed id: 9857206
Date:
09-Sep-98     Release date:   13-Jan-99    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P19821  (DPO1_THEAQ) -  DNA polymerase I, thermostable from Thermus aquaticus
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
832 a.a.
539 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

DNA/RNA chains
  G-A-C-C-A-C-G-G-C-G-C-DOC 12 bases
  G-G-G-C-G-C-C-G-T-G-G-T-C 13 bases

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: E.C.2.7.7.7  - DNA-directed Dna polymerase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: DNA(n) + a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate = DNA(n+1) + diphosphate
DNA(n)
+ 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate
= DNA(n+1)
+ diphosphate
Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site

 

 
    Added reference    
 
 
Embo J 17:7514-7525 (1998)
PubMed id: 9857206  
 
 
Crystal structures of open and closed forms of binary and ternary complexes of the large fragment of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I: structural basis for nucleotide incorporation.
Y.Li, S.Korolev, G.Waksman.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The crystal structures of two ternary complexes of the large fragment of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I (Klentaq1) with a primer/template DNA and dideoxycytidine triphosphate, and that of a binary complex of the same enzyme with a primer/template DNA, were determined to a resolution of 2.3, 2.3 and 2.5 A, respectively. One ternary complex structure differs markedly from the two other structures by a large reorientation of the tip of the fingers domain. This structure, designated 'closed', represents the ternary polymerase complex caught in the act of incorporating a nucleotide. In the two other structures, the tip of the fingers domain is rotated outward by 46 degrees ('open') in an orientation similar to that of the apo form of Klentaq1. These structures provide the first direct evidence in DNA polymerase I enzymes of a large conformational change responsible for assembling an active ternary complex.
 

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PDB code: 2o5v
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One-step purification of Taq DNA polymerase using nucleotide-mimetic affinity chromatography.
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Crystal structure of the dengue virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalytic domain at 1.85-angstrom resolution.
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Differing conformational pathways before and after chemistry for insertion of dATP versus dCTP opposite 8-oxoG in DNA polymerase beta.
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16831866 A.M.DeLucia, S.Chaudhuri, O.Potapova, N.D.Grindley, and C.M.Joyce (2006).
The properties of steric gate mutants reveal different constraints within the active sites of Y-family and A-family DNA polymerases.
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16214865 B.A.Sampoli Benítez, K.Arora, and T.Schlick (2006).
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16373481 C.T.Ranjith-Kumar, and C.C.Kao (2006).
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16339886 K.Datta, A.J.Wowor, A.J.Richard, and V.J.LiCata (2006).
Temperature dependence and thermodynamics of Klenow polymerase binding to primed-template DNA.
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16787914 K.Takata, T.Shimizu, S.Iwai, and R.D.Wood (2006).
Human DNA polymerase N (POLN) is a low fidelity enzyme capable of error-free bypass of 5S-thymine glycol.
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16600867 L.Fan, A.S.Arvai, P.K.Cooper, S.Iwai, F.Hanaoka, and J.A.Tainer (2006).
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PDB codes: 2fwr 2fz4 2fzl
16959568 M.H.Lamers, R.E.Georgescu, S.G.Lee, M.O'Donnell, and J.Kuriyan (2006).
Crystal structure of the catalytic alpha subunit of E. coli replicative DNA polymerase III.
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PDB codes: 2hnh 2hqa
16960838 M.Olejniczak, and W.J.Krzyzosiak (2006).
Genotyping of simple sequence repeats--factors implicated in shadow band generation revisited.
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16411765 O.Potapova, C.Chan, A.M.DeLucia, S.A.Helquist, E.T.Kool, N.D.Grindley, and C.M.Joyce (2006).
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Correct and incorrect nucleotide incorporation pathways in DNA polymerase beta.
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16621791 S.F.Holmes, T.J.Santangelo, C.K.Cunningham, J.W.Roberts, and D.A.Erie (2006).
Kinetic investigation of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase mutants that influence nucleotide discrimination and transcription fidelity.
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16683801 S.Matsuda, A.A.Henry, and F.E.Romesberg (2006).
Optimization of unnatural base pair packing for polymerase recognition.
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16838276 S.Vichier-Guerre, S.Ferris, N.Auberger, K.Mahiddine, and J.L.Jestin (2006).
A population of thermostable reverse transcriptases evolved from Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I by phage display.
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16900098 T.A.Steitz (2006).
Visualizing polynucleotide polymerase machines at work.
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16311403 T.W.Kim, L.G.Brieba, T.Ellenberger, and E.T.Kool (2006).
Functional evidence for a small and rigid active site in a high fidelity DNA polymerase: probing T7 DNA polymerase with variably sized base pairs.
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16615916 V.K.Batra, W.A.Beard, D.D.Shock, J.M.Krahn, L.C.Pedersen, and S.H.Wilson (2006).
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PDB codes: 2fmp 2fmq 2fms
17005565 V.S.Anand, and S.S.Patel (2006).
Transient state kinetics of transcription elongation by T7 RNA polymerase.
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16682636 W.Zheng, B.R.Brooks, and D.Thirumalai (2006).
Low-frequency normal modes that describe allosteric transitions in biological nanomachines are robust to sequence variations.
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16144377 A.M.Leconte, L.Chen, and F.E.Romesberg (2005).
Polymerase evolution: efforts toward expansion of the genetic code.
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16107880 A.Vaisman, H.Ling, R.Woodgate, and W.Yang (2005).
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16195463 D.T.Nair, R.E.Johnson, L.Prakash, S.Prakash, and A.K.Aggarwal (2005).
Rev1 employs a novel mechanism of DNA synthesis using a protein template.
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Human DNA polymerase iota incorporates dCTP opposite template G via a G.C + Hoogsteen base pair.
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15849312 G.Stengel, and W.Knoll (2005).
Surface plasmon field-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy studies of primer extension reactions.
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15933210 J.D.Ahle, S.Barr, A.M.Chin, and T.R.Battersby (2005).
Sequence determination of nucleic acids containing 5-methylisocytosine and isoguanine: identification and insight into polymerase replication of the non-natural nucleobases.
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15550379 J.Deval, K.Alvarez, B.Selmi, M.Bermond, J.Boretto, C.Guerreiro, L.Mulard, and B.Canard (2005).
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15863620 J.Florián, M.F.Goodman, and A.Warshel (2005).
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16157867 J.K.Ichida, A.Horhota, K.Zou, L.W.McLaughlin, and J.W.Szostak (2005).
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15608652 M.Garcia-Diaz, K.Bebenek, J.M.Krahn, T.A.Kunkel, and L.C.Pedersen (2005).
A closed conformation for the Pol lambda catalytic cycle.
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15952890 S.Prakash, R.E.Johnson, and L.Prakash (2005).
Eukaryotic translesion synthesis DNA polymerases: specificity of structure and function.
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15642269 T.Nishino, K.Komori, D.Tsuchiya, Y.Ishino, and K.Morikawa (2005).
Crystal structure and functional implications of Pyrococcus furiosus hef helicase domain involved in branched DNA processing.
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PDB code: 1wp9
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Nucleotide-induced DNA polymerase active site motions accommodating a mutagenic DNA intermediate.
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PDB codes: 1zjm 1zjn
16049026 V.Sosunov, S.Zorov, E.Sosunova, A.Nikolaev, I.Zakeyeva, I.Bass, A.Goldfarb, V.Nikiforov, K.Severinov, and A.Mustaev (2005).
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16306270 Z.Bu, R.Biehl, M.Monkenbusch, D.Richter, and D.J.Callaway (2005).
Coupled protein domain motion in Taq polymerase revealed by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy.
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15024063 A.Niimi, S.Limsirichaikul, S.Yoshida, S.Iwai, C.Masutani, F.Hanaoka, E.T.Kool, Y.Nishiyama, and M.Suzuki (2004).
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15210707 A.S.Meyer, M.Blandino, and T.E.Spratt (2004).
Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) uses a hydrogen-bonding fork from Arg668 to the primer terminus and incoming deoxynucleotide triphosphate to catalyze DNA replication.
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15107492 C.L.Hendrickson, K.G.Devine, and S.A.Benner (2004).
Probing minor groove recognition contacts by DNA polymerases and reverse transcriptases using 3-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine.
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15130474 D.Das, and M.M.Georgiadis (2004).
The crystal structure of the monomeric reverse transcriptase from Moloney murine leukemia virus.
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Poliovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (3Dpol): kinetic, thermodynamic, and structural analysis of ribonucleotide selection.
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15345530 I.Andricioaei, A.Goel, D.Herschbach, and M.Karplus (2004).
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Crystal structure of norwalk virus polymerase reveals the carboxyl terminus in the active site cleft.
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The spacious active site of a Y-family DNA polymerase facilitates promiscuous nucleotide incorporation opposite a bulky carcinogen-DNA adduct: elucidating the structure-function relationship through experimental and computational approaches.
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Crystal structures of 2-acetylaminofluorene and 2-aminofluorene in complex with T7 DNA polymerase reveal mechanisms of mutagenesis.
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PDB codes: 1x9m 1x9s 1x9w
15035983 S.J.Johnson, and L.S.Beese (2004).
Structures of mismatch replication errors observed in a DNA polymerase.
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15107837 S.Tuske, S.G.Sarafianos, A.D.Clark, J.Ding, L.K.Naeger, K.L.White, M.D.Miller, C.S.Gibbs, P.L.Boyer, P.Clark, G.Wang, B.L.Gaffney, R.A.Jones, D.M.Jerina, S.H.Hughes, and E.Arnold (2004).
Structures of HIV-1 RT-DNA complexes before and after incorporation of the anti-AIDS drug tenofovir.
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Accuracy, lesion bypass, strand displacement and translocation by DNA polymerases.
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Nucleotide insertion opposite a cis-syn thymine dimer by a replicative DNA polymerase from bacteriophage T7.
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PDB codes: 1skr 1sks 1skw 1sl0 1sl1 1sl2
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Taq DNA polymerase slippage mutation rates measured by PCR and quasi-likelihood analysis: (CA/GT)n and (A/T)n microsatellites.
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12517346 J.M.Krahn, W.A.Beard, H.Miller, A.P.Grollman, and S.H.Wilson (2003).
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Salt dependence of DNA binding by Thermus aquaticus and Escherichia coli DNA polymerases.
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Thermodynamics of the binding of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase to primed-template DNA.
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In search of an RNA replicase ribozyme.
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Two-metal ion mechanism of RNA cleavage by HIV RNase H and mechanism-based design of selective HIV RNase H inhibitors.
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14627809 K.Nauwelaerts, K.Vastmans, M.Froeyen, V.Kempeneers, J.Rozenski, H.Rosemeyer, A.Van Aerschot, R.Busson, J.C.Lacey, E.Efimtseva, S.Mikhailov, E.Lescrinier, and P.Herdewijn (2003).
Cleavage of DNA without loss of genetic information by incorporation of a disaccharide nucleoside.
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Presence of 18-A long hydrogen bond track in the active site of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment). Its requirement in the stabilization of enzyme-template-primer complex.
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14576300 M.B.Kermekchiev, A.Tzekov, and W.M.Barnes (2003).
Cold-sensitive mutants of Taq DNA polymerase provide a hot start for PCR.
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Mechanism of nucleotide incorporation opposite a thymine-thymine dimer by yeast DNA polymerase eta.
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Yeast DNA polymerase eta makes functional contacts with the DNA minor groove only at the incoming nucleoside triphosphate.
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DNA polymerase template interactions probed by degenerate isosteric nucleobase analogs.
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14576295 P.Jałoszyński, C.Masutani, F.Hanaoka, A.B.Perez, and S.Nishimura (2003).
8-Hydroxyguanine in a mutational hotspot of the c-Ha-ras gene causes misreplication, 'action-at-a-distance' mutagenesis and inhibition of replication.
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Processive DNA synthesis observed in a polymerase crystal suggests a mechanism for the prevention of frameshift mutations.
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PDB codes: 1l3s 1l3t 1l3u 1l3v 1l5u 1lv5
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The Gly-952 residue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA polymerase alpha is important in discriminating correct deoxyribonucleotides from incorrect ones.
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Mechanistic understanding of an altered fidelity simian immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase mutation, V148I, identified in a pig-tailed macaque.
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Unified two-metal mechanism of RNA synthesis and degradation by RNA polymerase.
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phi 29 DNA polymerase residue Leu384, highly conserved in motif B of eukaryotic type DNA replicases, is involved in nucleotide insertion fidelity.
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Structural insights into the origins of DNA polymerase fidelity.
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Damage repair DNA polymerases Y.
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NTP-driven translocation by human RNA polymerase II.
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New light-sensitive nucleosides for caged DNA strand breaks.
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Dynamic mechanism of nick recognition by DNA ligase.
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Inhibition of reverse transcription in vivo by elevated manganese ion concentration.
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Active site tightness and substrate fit in DNA replication.
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Directed evolution of novel polymerase activities: mutation of a DNA polymerase into an efficient RNA polymerase.
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A conserved Tyr residue is required for sugar selectivity in a Pol alpha DNA polymerase.
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dNTP versus NTP discrimination by phenylalanine 451 in duck hepatitis B virus P protein indicates a common structure of the dNTP-binding pocket with other reverse transcriptases.
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Mechanistic role of residue Gln151 in error prone DNA synthesis by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT). Pre-steady state kinetic study of the Q151N HIV-1 RT mutant with increased fidelity.
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Major conformational changes occur during the transition from an initiation complex to an elongation complex by T7 RNA polymerase.
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Crystal structures of a template-independent DNA polymerase: murine terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase.
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PDB codes: 1jms 1kdh 1kej
12023283 O.Potapova, N.D.Grindley, and C.M.Joyce (2002).
The mutational specificity of the Dbh lesion bypass polymerase and its implications.
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11839495 P.Cramer (2002).
Multisubunit RNA polymerases.
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11884636 R.Eisenbrandt, J.M.Lázaro, M.Salas, and M.de Vega (2002).
Phi29 DNA polymerase residues Tyr59, His61 and Phe69 of the highly conserved ExoII motif are essential for interaction with the terminal protein.
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12456667 S.G.Sarafianos, A.D.Clark, K.Das, S.Tuske, J.J.Birktoft, P.Ilankumaran, A.R.Ramesha, J.M.Sayer, D.M.Jerina, P.L.Boyer, S.H.Hughes, and E.Arnold (2002).
Structures of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with pre- and post-translocation AZTMP-terminated DNA.
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PDB codes: 1n5y 1n6q
11914087 S.S.Mandal, E.Fidalgo da Silva, and L.J.Reha-Krantz (2002).
Using 2-aminopurine fluorescence to detect base unstacking in the template strand during nucleotide incorporation by the bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase.
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11917008 V.Truniger, J.M.Lázaro, F.J.Esteban, L.Blanco, and M.Salas (2002).
A positively charged residue of phi29 DNA polymerase, highly conserved in DNA polymerases from families A and B, is involved in binding the incoming nucleotide.
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11756435 W.A.Beard, D.D.Shock, X.P.Yang, S.F.DeLauder, and S.H.Wilson (2002).
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3'-5' exonuclease of Klenow fragment: role of amino acid residues within the single-stranded DNA binding region in exonucleolysis and duplex DNA melting.
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11447284 A.Goel, M.D.Frank-Kamenetskii, T.Ellenberger, and D.Herschbach (2001).
Tuning DNA "strings": modulating the rate of DNA replication with mechanical tension.
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11274352 F.J.Ghadessy, J.L.Ong, and P.Holliger (2001).
Directed evolution of polymerase function by compartmentalized self-replication.
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PDB codes: 1jx4 1jxl
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11413300 O.Uzun, and A.Gabriel (2001).
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A new level of regulation in transcription elongation?
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11258875 T.E.Spratt (2001).
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DNA lesion bypass polymerases open up.
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PDB code: 1f5a
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Poliovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (3D(pol)). Assembly of stable, elongation-competent complexes by using a symmetrical primer-template substrate (sym/sub).
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A unique loop in the DNA-binding crevice of bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase influences primer utilization.
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Enzymatic incorporation in DNA of 1,5-anhydrohexitol nucleotides.
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11006548 M.J.Davey, and M.O'Donnell (2000).
Mechanisms of DNA replication.
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DNA polymerase active site is highly mutable: evolutionary consequences.
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DNA polymerase beta and mammalian base excision repair.
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DNA replication fidelity.
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The motif D loop of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase is critical for nucleoside 5'-triphosphate selectivity.
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Structure of a transcribing T7 RNA polymerase initiation complex.
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PDB code: 1qln
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Mapping of ATP binding regions in poly(A) polymerases by photoaffinity labeling and by mutational analysis identifies a domain conserved in many nucleotidyltransferases.
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Crystal structure of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of hepatitis C virus.
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PDB code: 1quv
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Archaeal DNA replication: identifying the pieces to solve a puzzle.
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10427002 J.J.Tesmer, R.K.Sunahara, R.A.Johnson, G.Gosselin, A.G.Gilman, and S.R.Sprang (1999).
Two-metal-Ion catalysis in adenylyl cyclase.
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PDB codes: 1cjk 1cjt 1cju 1cjv
10531522 M.A.Walsh, G.Evans, R.Sanishvili, I.Dementieva, and A.Joachimiak (1999).
MAD data collection - current trends.
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An open and closed case for all polymerases.
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Touching the heart of HIV-1 drug resistance: the fingers close down on the dNTP at the polymerase active site.
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10213599 S.Sastry, and B.M.Ross (1999).
Probing the interaction of T7 RNA polymerase with promoter.
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10393195 T.Pape, W.Wintermeyer, and M.Rodnina (1999).
Induced fit in initial selection and proofreading of aminoacyl-tRNA on the ribosome.
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Base substitution specificity of DNA polymerase beta depends on interactions in the DNA minor groove.
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Structure-based design of Taq DNA polymerases with improved properties of dideoxynucleotide incorporation.
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PDB codes: 1qss 1qsy 1qtm
10545321 Y.Zhao, D.Jeruzalmi, I.Moarefi, L.Leighton, R.Lasken, and J.Kuriyan (1999).
Crystal structure of an archaebacterial DNA polymerase.
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PDB codes: 1d5a 1qqc
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