Journal
DNA REPAIR
Volume 31, Issue -, Pages 41-51Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.04.006
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Replication fidelity; DNA polymerase; Genome stability; Mutation rate
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- Division of Intramural Research of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [Z01 ES065070, Z01 ES065089]
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Mismatches generated during eukaryotic nuclear DNA replication are removed by two evolutionarily conserved error correction mechanisms acting in series, proofreading and mismatch repair (MMR). Defects in both processes are associated with increased susceptibility to cancer. To better understand these processes, we have quantified base selectivity, proofreading and MMR during nuclear DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the absence of proofreading and MMR, the primary leading and lagging strand replicases, polymerase a and polymerase delta respectively, synthesize DNA in vivo with somewhat different error rates and specificity, and with apparent base selectivity that is more than 100 times higher than measured in vitro. Moreover, leading and lagging strand replication fidelity rely on a different balance between proofreading and MMR. On average, proofreading contributes more to replication fidelity than does MMR, but their relative contributions vary from nearly all proofreading of some mismatches to mostly MMR of other mismatches. Thus accurate replication of the two DNA strands results from a non-uniform and variable balance between error prevention, proofreading and MMR. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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