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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 4, 2317-2320, January 26, 2001

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Proofreading of DNA Polymerase -dependent Replication Errors^*

Katarzyna Bebenek, Toshiro Matsuda, Chikahide Masutani^§, Fumio Hanaoka^§¶, and Thomas A. Kunkel^**

From the  Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and  Laboratory of Structural Biology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, the ^§ Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University and CREST Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 1-3 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, and the ^¶ Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Human DNA polymerase , the product of the skin cancer susceptibility gene XPV, bypasses UV photoproducts in template DNA that block synthesis by other DNA polymerases. Pol  lacks an intrinsic proofreading exonuclease and copies DNA with low fidelity, such that pol  errors could contribute to mutagenesis unless they are corrected. Here we provide evidence that pol  can compete with other human polymerases during replication of duplex DNA, and in so doing it lowers replication fidelity. However, we show that pol  has low processivity and extends mismatched primer termini less efficiently than matched termini. These properties could provide an opportunity for extrinsic exonuclease(s) to proofread pol -induced replication errors. When we tested this hypothesis during replication in human cell extracts, pol -induced replication infidelity was found to be modulated by changing the dNTP concentration and to be enhanced by adding dGMP to a replication reaction. Both effects are classical hallmarks of exonucleolytic proofreading. Thus, pol  is ideally suited for its role in reducing UV-induced mutagenesis and skin cancer risk, in that its relaxed base selectivity may facilitate efficient bypass of UV photoproducts, while subsequent proofreading by extrinsic exonuclease(s) may reduce its mutagenic potential.

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