The iron-sulfur cluster is essential for DNA binding by human DNA polymerase ε.
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2022
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Lisova, A.E.
Baranovskiy, A.G.
Morstadt, L.M.
Babayeva, N.D.
Stepchenkova, E.I.
Tahirov, T.H.
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Scientific Reports, 2022; 12(1):17436-1-17436-10
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Alisa E. Lisova, Andrey G. Baranovskiy, Lucia M. Morstadt, Nigar D. Babayeva, Elena I. Stepchenkova, Tahir H. Tahirov
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DNA polymerase ε (Polε) is a key enzyme for DNA replication in eukaryotes. Recently it was shown that the catalytic domain of yeast Polε (PolεCD) contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster located at the base of the processivity domain (P-domain) and coordinated by four conserved cysteines. In this work, we show that human PolεCD (hPolεCD) expressed in bacterial cells also contains an iron-sulfur cluster. In comparison, recombinant hPolεCD produced in insect cells contains significantly lower level of iron. The iron content of purified hPolECD samples correlates with the level of DNA-binding molecules, which suggests an important role of the iron-sulfur cluster in hPolε interaction with DNA. Indeed, mutation of two conserved cysteines that coordinate the cluster abolished template:primer binding as well as DNA polymerase and proofreading exonuclease activities. We propose that the cluster regulates the conformation of the P-domain, which, like a gatekeeper, controls access to a DNA-binding cleft for a template:primer. The binding studies demonstrated low affinity of hPolεCD to DNA and a strong effect of salt concentration on stability of the hPolεCD/DNA complex. Pre-steady-state kinetic studies have shown a maximal polymerization rate constant of 51.5 s− 1 and a relatively low affinity to incoming dNTP with an apparent KD of 105 μM.
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