ϕ29 DNA polymerase active site: role of residue Val250 as Metal-dNTP complex ligand and in protein-primed initiation

DNA polymerases require two acidic residues to coordinate metal ions A and B at their polymerisation active site during catalysis of nucleotide incorporation. Crystallographic resolution of φ{symbol}29 DNA polymerase ternary complex showed that metal B coordination also depends on the carbonyl group...

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Autores: Pérez Arnáiz, Patricia, Lázaro, José M., Salas, Margarita, de Vega, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709525
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709525
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.061
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Metal Ligand
Polymerisation Active Site
Protein-Priming
Strand Displacement
ϕ29 DNA Polymerase
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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Sumario:DNA polymerases require two acidic residues to coordinate metal ions A and B at their polymerisation active site during catalysis of nucleotide incorporation. Crystallographic resolution of φ{symbol}29 DNA polymerase ternary complex showed that metal B coordination also depends on the carbonyl group of Val250 that belongs to the highly conserved Dx2SLYP motif of eukaryotic-type (family B) DNA polymerases. In addition, multiple sequence alignments have shown the specific conservation of this residue among the DNA polymerases that use a protein as primer. Thus, to ascertain its role in polymerisation, we have analysed the behaviour of single mutations introduced at the corresponding Val250 of φ{symbol}29 DNA polymerase. The differences in nucleotide binding affinity shown by mutants V250A and V250F with respect to the wild-type DNA polymerase agree to a role for Val250 as a metal B-dNTP complex ligand. In addition, mutant V250F was severely affected in φ{symbol}29 DNA replication because of a large reduction in the catalytic efficiency of the protein-primed reactions. In the light of the φ{symbol}29 DNA polymerase structures, a role for Val250 residue in the maintenance of the proper architecture of the enzyme to perform the protein-primed reactions is also proposed