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A lysine residue in the fingers subdomain of T7 DNA polymerase modulates the miscoding potential of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 1 Nov 2005
Brieba Luis G, Kokoska Robert J, Bebenek Katarzyna, Kunkel Thomas A, Ellenberger Tom
Abstract excerpt
8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine (8oG) is a highly mutagenic DNA lesion that stably pairs with adenosine, forming 8oG(syn).dA(anti) Hoogsteen base pairs. DNA polymerases show different propensities to insert dCMP or dAMP opposite 8oG, but the molecular mechanisms that determine faithful or mutagenic bypass are poorly understood. Here, we report kinetic and structural data providing evidence that, in T7 DNA polymerase,...
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