2013
Prechemistry Nucleotide Selection Checkpoints in the Reaction Pathway of DNA Polymerase I and Roles of Glu710 and Tyr766
Bermek O, Grindley N, Joyce C. Prechemistry Nucleotide Selection Checkpoints in the Reaction Pathway of DNA Polymerase I and Roles of Glu710 and Tyr766. Biochemistry 2013, 52: 6258-6274. PMID: 23937394, PMCID: PMC3770053, DOI: 10.1021/bi400837k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFidelity checkpointDNA polymerase IPolymerase IHigh-fidelity DNA polymeraseMutator allelesCheckpoint functionMutator polymeraseIncorrect base pairsSelection checkpointDNA templateConformational changesSubstrate poolBase pairsDNA polymeraseComplementary nucleotidesCheckpointNoncomplementary nucleotidesTemplating baseFinger closingPolymeraseDNTPsNucleotidesCorrect incomingPathwayWeak binding
2007
Conformational Changes during Normal and Error-Prone Incorporation of Nucleotides by a Y-Family DNA Polymerase Detected by 2-Aminopurine Fluorescence †
DeLucia A, Grindley N, Joyce C. Conformational Changes during Normal and Error-Prone Incorporation of Nucleotides by a Y-Family DNA Polymerase Detected by 2-Aminopurine Fluorescence †. Biochemistry 2007, 46: 10790-10803. PMID: 17725324, DOI: 10.1021/bi7006756.Peer-Reviewed Original Research2-AminopurineArchaeal ProteinsBase Pair MismatchBase SequenceDeoxyribonucleotidesDNA Polymerase betaDNA Polymerase IDNA RepairDNA ReplicationDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseFluorescent DyesFrameshift MutationModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalNucleic Acid ConformationSpectrometry, FluorescenceSubstrate SpecificitySulfolobusTemplates, Genetic
2006
The Properties of Steric Gate Mutants Reveal Different Constraints within the Active Sites of Y-family and A-family DNA Polymerases*
DeLucia A, Chaudhuri S, Potapova O, Grindley N, Joyce C. The Properties of Steric Gate Mutants Reveal Different Constraints within the Active Sites of Y-family and A-family DNA Polymerases*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2006, 281: 27286-27291. PMID: 16831866, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604393200.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Discrimination against purine–pyrimidine mispairs in the polymerase active site of DNA polymerase I: A structural explanation
Minnick D, Liu L, Grindley N, Kunkel T, Joyce C. Discrimination against purine–pyrimidine mispairs in the polymerase active site of DNA polymerase I: A structural explanation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2002, 99: 1194-1199. PMID: 11830658, PMCID: PMC122166, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.032457899.Peer-Reviewed Original Research