Time-lapse crystallography snapshots of a double-strand break repair polymerase in action

oleh: Joonas A. Jamsen, William A. Beard, Lars C. Pedersen, David D. Shock, Andrea F. Moon, Juno M. Krahn, Katarzyna Bebenek, Thomas A. Kunkel, Samuel H. Wilson

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01

Deskripsi

DNA polymerase (pol) μ functions in DNA double-strand break repair. Here the authors use time-lapse X-ray crystallography to capture the states of pol µ during the conversion from pre-catalytic to product complex and observe a third transiently bound metal ion in the product state.