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Kinetic basis of sugar selection by a Y-family DNA polymerase from Sulfolobus solfataricus P2.
Biochemistry - 30 Nov 2010
Sherrer Shanen M, Beyer David C, Xia Cynthia X, Fowler Jason D, Suo Zucai
Abstract excerpt
DNA polymerases use either a bulky active site residue or a backbone segment to select against ribonucleotides in order to faithfully replicate cellular genomes. Here, we demonstrated that an active site mutation (Y12A) within Sulfolobus solfataricus DNA polymerase IV (Dpo4) caused an average increase of 220-fold in matched ribonucleotide incorporation efficiency and an average decrease of 9-fold in correct...
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