2024
Collapsed State Mediates the Low Fidelity of the DNA Polymerase β I260 Mutant
Fijen C, Chavira C, Alnajjar K, Sawyer D, Sweasy J. Collapsed State Mediates the Low Fidelity of the DNA Polymerase β I260 Mutant. Biochemistry 2024 PMID: 39299701, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPol-BI260MForster resonance energy transferNucleotide discriminationConformational changesDNA polymerase BTemperature-sensitive mutationAccurate DNA synthesisReduced fidelityBase excision repairContext-dependent mannerPolymerase BNoncovalent stepPolymerase fidelityBound nucleotideResonance energy transferIncreased mutagenesisGenomic instabilityFinger regionWT proteinExcision repairI260Rate of conformational changeTurnover kineticsMolecular mechanisms
2017
Defective Nucleotide Release by DNA Polymerase β Mutator Variant E288K Is the Basis of Its Low Fidelity
Mahmoud MM, Schechter A, Alnajjar KS, Huang J, Towle-Weicksel J, Eckenroth BE, Doublié S, Sweasy JB. Defective Nucleotide Release by DNA Polymerase β Mutator Variant E288K Is the Basis of Its Low Fidelity. Biochemistry 2017, 56: 5550-5559. PMID: 28945359, PMCID: PMC5654646, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SubstitutionBiocatalysisColonic NeoplasmsDNADNA Polymerase betaDNA RepairDNA ReplicationEnzyme StabilityFluorescent DyesHumansKineticsModels, MolecularMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationNaphthalenesulfonatesNeoplasm ProteinsP-DimethylaminoazobenzeneProtein ConformationProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein RefoldingRecombinant ProteinsSubstrate Specificity