Variation in Mutation Rates Caused by RB69pol Fidelity Mutants Can Be Rationalized on the Basis of Their Kinetic Behavior and Crystal Structures
Xia S, Wang M, Lee HR, Sinha A, Blaha G, Christian T, Wang J, Konigsberg W. Variation in Mutation Rates Caused by RB69pol Fidelity Mutants Can Be Rationalized on the Basis of Their Kinetic Behavior and Crystal Structures. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2011, 406: 558-570. PMID: 21216248, PMCID: PMC3059800, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.12.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble mutantMutation rateAmino acid residuesRB69 DNA polymeraseSingle mutantsMutable sequencesPocket mutantsMutantsAcid residuesState kinetic parametersPrimer extensionT4 phageFidelity mutantsNucleotide residuesIncoming dNTPsDNA polymeraseReversion assayTernary complexComplementary strandCrystal structureResiduesBase selectivityPocketPolymeraseMisincorporation