scholarly journals Replication Factor C Disengages from Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) upon Sliding Clamp Formation, and PCNA Itself Tethers DNA Polymerase δ to DNA

1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (48) ◽  
pp. 31992-31999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Podust ◽  
Nikhil Tiwari ◽  
Scott Stephan ◽  
Ellen Fanning
2001 ◽  
Vol 276 (50) ◽  
pp. 47394-47401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Grúz ◽  
Francesca M. Pisani ◽  
Masatomi Shimizu ◽  
Masami Yamada ◽  
Ikuko Hayashi ◽  
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DNA replication efficiency is dictated by DNA polymerases (pol) and their associated proteins. The recent discovery of DNA polymerase Y family (DinB/UmuC/RAD30/REV1 superfamily) raises a question of whether the DNA polymerase activities are modified by accessory proteins such as proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). In fact, the activity of DNA pol IV (DinB) ofEscherichia coliis enhanced upon interaction with the β subunit, the processivity factor of DNA pol III. Here, we report the activity ofSsoDNA pol Y1 encoded by thedbhgene of the archaeonSulfolobus solfataricusis greatly enhanced by the presence of PCNA and replication factor C (RFC).Ssopol Y1per sewas a distributive enzyme but a substantial increase in the processivity was observed on poly(dA)-oligo(dT) in the presence of PCNA (039p or 048p) and RFC. The length of the synthesized DNA product reached at least 200 nucleotides.Ssopol Y1 displayed a higher affinity for DNA compared with pol IV ofE. coli, suggesting that the two DNA polymerases have distinct reason(s) to require the processivity factors for efficient DNA synthesis. The abilities of pol Y1 and pol IV to bypass DNA lesions and their sensitive sites to protease are also discussed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 282 (29) ◽  
pp. 20906-20914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Shiomi ◽  
Chikahide Masutani ◽  
Fumio Hanaoka ◽  
Hiroshi Kimura ◽  
Toshiki Tsurimoto

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