8T7E

Cryo-EM structure of the Backtracking Initiation Complex (VII) of Human Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase Gamma

8T7E の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb8t7e/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 8G5I 8G5J 8G5K 8G5L 8G5M 8G5N 8G5O 8G5P
• EMDBエントリー: 41091
• 分子名称: DNA polymerase subunit gamma-1, DNA polymerase subunit gamma-2, mitochondrial, Mismatched Primer DNA, ... (4 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: mitochondrial dna polymerase, dna proofreading, backtracking, mismatch repair, replication, transferase-dna complex, transferase/dna
• 由来する生物種: Homo sapiens (human); 詳細
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 5
• 化学式量合計: 263815.80

構造登録者

Nayak, A.R.,Buchel, G.,Herbine, K.H.,Sarfallah, A.,Sokolova, V.O.,Zamudio-Ochoa, A.,Temiakov, D. (登録日: 2023-06-20, 公開日: 2024-01-10)

主引用文献

Buchel, G.,Nayak, A.R.,Herbine, K.,Sarfallah, A.,Sokolova, V.O.,Zamudio-Ochoa, A.,Temiakov, D.
Structural basis for DNA proofreading.
Nat Commun, 14:8501-8501, 2023

PubMed Abstract: DNA polymerase (DNAP) can correct errors in DNA during replication by proofreading, a process critical for cell viability. However, the mechanism by which an erroneously incorporated base translocates from the polymerase to the exonuclease site and the corrected DNA terminus returns has remained elusive. Here, we present an ensemble of nine high-resolution structures representing human mitochondrial DNA polymerase Gamma, Polγ, captured during consecutive proofreading steps. The structures reveal key events, including mismatched base recognition, its dissociation from the polymerase site, forward translocation of DNAP, alterations in DNA trajectory, repositioning and refolding of elements for primer separation, DNAP backtracking, and displacement of the mismatched base into the exonuclease site. Altogether, our findings suggest a conserved 'bolt-action' mechanism of proofreading based on iterative cycles of DNAP translocation without dissociation from the DNA, facilitating primer transfer between catalytic sites. Functional assays and mutagenesis corroborate this mechanism, connecting pathogenic mutations to crucial structural elements in proofreading steps.

PubMed: 38151585
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44198-8

実験手法

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3.08 Å)