1JMS
Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Core of Murine Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase
Summary for 1JMS
Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb1jms/pdb |
Related | 1bpx 1bpy 1bpz 1kan 1kny |
Descriptor | TERMINAL DEOXYNUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE, MAGNESIUM ION, SODIUM ION, ... (4 entities in total) |
Functional Keywords | polymerase, nucleotidyl transferase, transferase |
Biological source | Mus musculus (house mouse) |
Cellular location | Isoform TDT-S: Nucleus. Isoform TDT-L: Cytoplasm: P09838 |
Total number of polymer chains | 1 |
Total formula weight | 43649.94 |
Authors | Delarue, M.,Boule, J.B.,Lescar, J.,Expert-Bezancon, N.,Sukumar, N.,Jourdan, N.,Rougeon, F.,Papanicolaou, C. (deposition date: 2001-07-19, release date: 2002-01-23, Last modification date: 2024-02-07) |
Primary citation | Delarue, M.,Boule, J.B.,Lescar, J.,Expert-Bezancon, N.,Jourdan, N.,Sukumar, N.,Rougeon, F.,Papanicolaou, C. Crystal structures of a template-independent DNA polymerase: murine terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase. Embo J., 21:427-439, 2002 Cited by PubMed Abstract: The crystal structure of the catalytic core of murine terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase (TdT) at 2.35 A resolution reveals a typical DNA polymerase beta-like fold locked in a closed form. In addition, the structures of two different binary complexes, one with an oligonucleotide primer and the other with an incoming ddATP-Co(2+) complex, show that the substrates and the two divalent ions in the catalytic site are positioned in TdT in a manner similar to that described for the human DNA polymerase beta ternary complex, suggesting a common two metal ions mechanism of nucleotidyl transfer in these two proteins. The inability of TdT to accommodate a template strand can be explained by steric hindrance at the catalytic site caused by a long lariat-like loop, which is absent in DNA polymerase beta. However, displacement of this discriminating loop would be sufficient to unmask a number of evolutionarily conserved residues, which could then interact with a template DNA strand. The present structure can be used to model the recently discovered human polymerase mu, with which it shares 43% sequence identity. PubMed: 11823435DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.3.427 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.36 Å) |
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