title: Thymine-thymine dimer bypass by yeast DNA polymerase zeta.
abstract: The REV3 and REV7 genes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are required for DNA damage-induced mutagenesis. The Rev3 and Rev7 proteins were shown to form a complex with DNA polymerase activity. This polymerase replicated past a thymine-thymine cis-syn cyclobutane dimer, a lesion that normally severely inhibits replication, with an efficiency of approximately 10 percent. In contrast, bypass replication efficiency with yeast DNA polymerase alpha was no more than 1 percent. The Rev3-Rev7 complex is the sixth eukaryotic DNA polymerase to be described, and is therefore called DNA polymerase zeta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hinkle
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004261:DNA Replication; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; C092219:REV7 protein, S cerevisiae; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; C092602:REV3 protein, S cerevisiae