title: Crystal structure of the large fragment of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I at 2.5-A resolution: structural basis for thermostability.
abstract: The crystal structure of the large fragment of the Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase (Klentaq1), determined at 2.5-A resolution, demonstrates a compact two-domain architecture. The C-terminal domain is identical in fold to the equivalent region of the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow pol I). Although the N-terminal domain of Klentaq1 differs greatly in sequence from its counterpart in Klenow pol I, it has clearly evolved from a common ancestor. The structure of Klentaq1 reveals the strategy utilized by this protein to maintain activity at high temperatures and provides the structural basis for future improvements of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korolev
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nayal
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Cera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Waksman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004256:DNA Polymerase I / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013824:Thermus / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004256:DNA Polymerase I