1L3S

Crystal Structure of Bacillus DNA Polymerase I Fragment complexed to 9 base pairs of duplex DNA.

Summary for 1L3S

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1l3s/pdb
• Related: 1L3T 1L3U 1L3V 1L5U
• Related PRD ID: PRD_900003
• Descriptor: 5'-D(*GP*CP*GP*AP*TP*CP*AP*CP*G)-3', 5'-D(*GP*A*CP*GP*TP*AP*CP*GP*TP*GP*AP*TP*CP*GP*CP*A)-3', DNA Polymerase I, ... (7 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: dna polymerase i, dna replication, klenow fragment, protein-dna complex, transferase-dna complex, transferase/dna
• Biological source: Geobacillus stearothermophilus
• Total number of polymer chains: 3
• Total formula weight: 75026.07

Authors

Johnson, S.J.,Taylor, J.S.,Beese, L.S. (deposition date: 2002-03-01, release date: 2003-03-25, Last modification date: 2023-08-16)

Primary citation

Johnson, S.J.,Taylor, J.S.,Beese, L.S.
Processive DNA synthesis observed in a polymerase crystal suggests a mechanism for the prevention of frameshift mutations
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 100:3895-3900, 2003

PubMed Abstract: DNA polymerases replicate DNA by adding nucleotides to a growing primer strand while avoiding frameshift and point mutations. Here we present a series of up to six successive replication events that were obtained by extension of a primed template directly in a crystal of the thermostable Bacillus DNA polymerase I. The 6-bp extension involves a 20-A translocation of the DNA duplex, representing the largest molecular movement observed in a protein crystal. In addition, we obtained the structure of a "closed" conformation of the enzyme with a bound triphosphate juxtaposed to a template and a dideoxy-terminated primer by constructing a point mutant that destroys a crystal lattice contact stabilizing the wild-type polymerase in an "open" conformation. Together, these observations allow many of the steps involved in DNA replication to be observed in the same enzyme at near atomic detail. The successive replication events observed directly by catalysis in the crystal confirm the general reaction sequence deduced from observations obtained by using several other polymerases and further refine critical aspects of the known reaction mechanism, and also allow us to propose new features that concern the regulated transfer of the template strand between a preinsertion site and an insertion site. We propose that such regulated transfer is an important element in the prevention of frameshift mutations in high-fidelity DNA polymerases. The ability to observe processive, high-fidelity replication directly in a crystal establishes this polymerase as a powerful model system for mechanistic studies in which the structural consequences of mismatches and DNA adducts are observed.

PubMed: 12649320
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0630532100

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.7 Å)