title: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen promotes misincorporation catalyzed by calf thymus DNA polymerase delta.
abstract: A proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-dependent complex, detectable after nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, is formed between calf thymus DNA polymerase delta (pol delta) and synthetic oligonucleotide template-primers containing a mispaired nucleotide at the 3'-terminal position of the primer. This complex is indistinguishable in composition from that formed with a fully base paired template-primer. Extension of a mispaired primer terminus is a component of DNA polymerase fidelity. The fidelity of pol delta on synthetic oligonucleotide template-primers was compared with and without its specific processivity factor, PCNA. In the absence of PCNA, pol delta misincorporates less than one nucleotide for every 100,000 nucleotides incorporated correctly. Addition of PCNA to reactions reduces fidelity by at least 27-fold. PCNA also confers upon pol delta, the ability to incorporate (and/or not excise) the dTTP analog, 2'-deoxythymidine-5'-O-(alpha-phosphonomethyl)-beta, gamma-diphosphate. A model is proposed whereby the increased stability (decreased off-rate) of the pol delta.template-primer complex in the presence of PCNA facilitates unfavorable events catalyzed by pol delta. This model suggests an explicit mechanistic requirement for the intrinsic 3'-5'-exonuclease of pol delta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University Medical Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8651, USA. paul@pharm.sunysb.edu
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mozzherin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Jasko
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Krayevsky
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D013942:Thymine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D013942:Thymine Nucleotides; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease; C024157:thymidine 5'-triphosphate