Steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetic analysis of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine triphosphate incorporation and extension by replicative and repair DNA polymerases.
The kinetics of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine triphosphate (8-oxo-dGTP) incorporation into DNA by Escherichia coli polymerases I exo- (KF-) and II exo- (Pol II-), HIV-1 RT reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT), and bacteriophage T7 exo- (T7(-)) were examined to determine the misincorporation potential for 8-oxo-dGTP and to investigate the role of base pairing symmetry in DNA polymerase fidelity. 8-Oxo-dGTP was found to be a poor substrate for the four polymerases, with insertion efficiencies >10(4)-fold lower than for dGTP incorporation. Insertion efficiencies of 8-oxo-dGTP were also consistently lower than for incorporation of dNTPs opposite template 8-oxo-G, previously studied in this laboratory. In steady-state reactions, T7(-) had a high preference for 8-oxo-dGTP insertion opposite A (97%) and HIV-1 RT, KF-, and Pol II- preferred to insert 8-oxo-dGTP opposite C. Misinsertion frequencies for 8-oxo-dGTP also varied considerably from frequencies of misinsertion at template 8-oxo-G adducts for Pol II-, HIV-1 RT, and T7(-). Pre-steady-state incorporation of 8-oxo-dGTP opposite C (but not opposite A) by HIV-1 RT, KF-, and Pol II- displayed biphasic curves, with rates of initial incorporation 2- to 11-fold lower than normal dGTP incorporation. Although extension past template 8-oxo-G adducts had previously been shown to occur preferentially for the mispair, extension past primer 8-oxo-G:template A or C pairs was variable. The low and comparable estimated Kd values for dGTP and 8-oxo-dGTP binding to HIV-1 RT alone or HIV-1 RT.DNA complexes indicated that the initial binding was nonselective and had high affinity. The large difference (>3 orders of magnitude) in kinetic Kdapp values for 8-oxo-dGTP and dGTP binding to HIV-1 RT.DNA indicates that there are contributions to the kinetically determined Kdapp (such as conformational change and/or phosphodiester bond formation) which may be involved in the selection against 8-oxo-dGTP. The differences in binding (Kdapp), incorporation, and extension kinetics of 8-oxo-dGTP compared to normal dNTP incorporation at template 8-oxo-G adducts indicate that polymerase fidelity does not depend solely upon the overall geometry of Watson-Crick base pairs and reflects the asymmetry of the enzyme active site.
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Department of Biochemistry, Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA.
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D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000201:enzymology; D001482:Base Composition; D004256:DNA Polymerase I / Q000378:metabolism; D004257:DNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D003848:Deoxyguanine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D013698:Templates, Genetic
D017931:DNA Primers; D003848:Deoxyguanine Nucleotides; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C078206:8-oxodeoxyguanosine triphosphate; C034970:bacteriophage T7 induced DNA polymerase; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase; D004256:DNA Polymerase I; D004257:DNA Polymerase II; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase