期刊
DNA REPAIR
卷 10, 期 8, 页码 826-834出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.04.032
关键词
DNA polymerase zeta; Translesion synthesis; UV photoproducts; Abasic sites
资金
- Division of Intramural Research of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health [Z01 ES065070]
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Cancer Society
- National Institutes of Health [GM032431]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
DNA polymerase zeta (Pol zeta) participates in translesion synthesis (TLS) of DNA adducts that stall replication fork progression. Previous studies have led to the suggestion that the primary role of Pol zeta in TLS is to extend primers created when another DNA polymerase inserts nucleotides opposite lesions. Here we test the non-exclusive possibility that Pol zeta can sometimes perform TLS in the absence of any other polymerase. To do so, we quantified the efficiency with which S. cerevisiae Pol zeta bypasses abasic sites, cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and (6-4) photoproducts. In reactions containing dNTP concentrations that mimic those induced by DNA damage, a Pol zeta derivative with phenylalanine substituted for leucine 979 at the polymerase active site bypasses all three lesions at efficiencies between 27 and 73%. Wild-type Pol zeta also bypasses these lesions, with efficiencies that are lower and depend on the sequence context in which the lesion resides. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that, in addition to extending aberrant termini created by other DNA polymerases, Pol zeta has the potential to be the sole DNA polymerase involved in TLS. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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