title: Error-prone DNA polymerases: novel structures and the benefits of infidelity.
abstract: Studies on several recently discovered error-prone DNA polymerases reveal novel structures that may explain the low fidelity of this general class of enzymes, a number of which are involved in the replicative bypass (translesion synthesis) of base damage in DNA.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. errol.friedberg@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Friedberg
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fischhaber
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kisker
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase