2024
Global screening of base excision repair in nucleosome core particles
Sutton T, Sawyer D, Naila T, Sweasy J, Tomkinson A, Delaney S. Global screening of base excision repair in nucleosome core particles. DNA Repair 2024, 144: 103777. PMID: 39476546, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBase excision repairUracil-DNA glycosylaseAP endonuclease 1Nucleosome core particleBase excision repair enzymesAbsence of chromatin remodelingExcision repairDNA polymerase BGenome wide mappingContext of chromatinEukaryotic genomic DNADNA damageCore particlesPolymerase BChromatin remodelingActivities of BER enzymesNick siteGenomic DNAProtein interactionsMutational hotspotsNucleosomal DNADNA glycosylaseGenomic instabilityCellular factorsEntry/exit regionCollapsed 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, 63: 2414-2424. PMID: 39299701, PMCID: PMC11448664, 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