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Structural changes in the hydrophobic hinge region adversely affect the activity and fidelity of the I260Q mutator DNA polymerase β.
Biochemistry - 25 Jun 2013
Gridley Chelsea L, Rangarajan Sneha, Firbank Susan, Dalal Shibani, Sweasy Joann B, Jaeger Joachim
Abstract excerpt
The I260Q variant of DNA polymerase β is an efficient mutator polymerase with fairly indiscriminate misincorporation activities opposite all template bases. Previous modeling studies have suggested that I260Q harbors structural variations in its hinge region. Here, we present the crystal structures of wild type and I260Q rat polymerase β in the presence and absence of substrates. Both the I260Q apoenzyme...
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