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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 49-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2712
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- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Cancer Society
- Kempe Foundations
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Insamlingstiftelsen vid den medicinska fakulteten vid Umea Universitet
- Karriarbidrag, Umea University
- Umea Centre for Microbial Research
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DNA polymerase epsilon (Pol epsilon) is a high-fidelity polymerase that has been shown to participate in leading-strand synthesis during DNA replication in eukaryotic cells. We present here a ternary structure of the catalytic core of Pol epsilon (142 kDa) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in complex with DNA and an incoming nucleotide. This structure provides information about the selection of the correct nucleotide and the positions of amino acids that might be critical for proofreading activity. Pol epsilon has the highest fidelity among B-family polymerases despite the absence of an extended beta-hairpin loop that is required for high-fidelity replication by other B-family polymerases. Moreover, the catalytic core has a new domain that allows Pol epsilon to encircle the nascent double-stranded DNA. Altogether, the structure provides an explanation for the high processivity and high fidelity of leading-strand DNA synthesis in eukaryotes.
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