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1JMS

Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Core of Murine Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase

Summary for 1JMS
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb1jms/pdb
Related1bpx 1bpy 1bpz 1kan 1kny
DescriptorTERMINAL DEOXYNUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE, MAGNESIUM ION, SODIUM ION, ... (4 entities in total)
Functional Keywordspolymerase, nucleotidyl transferase, transferase
Biological sourceMus musculus (house mouse)
Cellular locationIsoform TDT-S: Nucleus. Isoform TDT-L: Cytoplasm: P09838
Total number of polymer chains1
Total formula weight43649.94
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 citationDelarue, 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: 11823435
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.3.427
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.36 Å)
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