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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 19, 16123-16136, May 11, 2001

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Energetics and Specificity of Rat DNA Polymerase  Interactions with Template-primer and Gapped DNA Substrates^*

Maria J. Jezewska, Surendran Rajendran, and Wlodzimierz Bujalowski

From the Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1053

Interactions between rat polymerase  (pol ) and the template-primer, as well as gapped DNAs, were studied using the quantitative fluorescence titration technique. Stoichiometries of rat pol  complexes with DNA substrates are much higher than stoichiometries predicted by the structures of co-crystals. The data can be understood in the context of the two single-stranded (ss)DNA-binding modes of the enzyme, the (pol )₁₆ and (pol )₅ binding modes, which differ by the number of nucleotides occluded by the protein. The 8-kDa domain of the enzyme engages the double-stranded (ds)DNA downstream from the primer, while the 31-kDa domain has similar affinity for the ss-ds DNA junction and the dsDNA. The affinity of rat pol  for the gapped DNA is not affected by the size of the gap. The results indicate a plausible model for recognition of the gapped DNA by rat pol . The enzyme binds the ss-ds DNA junction of the gap using the 31-kDa domain. This binding induces an allosteric transition, resulting in the association of the 8-kDa domain with the dsDNA, leading to an amplification of the affinity for the gap. The 5' terminal phosphate, downstream from the primer, has little effect on the affinity, but affects the ssDNA conformation of the gap.

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