title: DNA pol λ's extraordinary ability to stabilize misaligned DNA.
abstract: DNA polymerases have the venerable task of maintaining genome stability during DNA replication and repair. Errors, nonetheless, occur with error propensities that are polymerase specific. For example, DNA polymerase λ (pol λ) generates single-base deletions through template-strand slippage within short repetitive DNA regions much more readily than does the closely related polymerase β (pol β). Here we present in silico evidence to help interpret pol λ's greater tendency for deletion errors than pol β by its more favorable protein/DNA electrostatic interactions immediately around the extrahelical nucleotide on the template strand. Our molecular dynamics and free energy analyses suggest that pol λ provides greater stabilization to misaligned DNA than aligned DNA. Our study of several pol λ mutants of Lys544 (Ala, Phe, Glu) probes the interactions between the extrahelical nucleotide and the adjacent Lys544 to show that the charge of the 544 residue controls stabilization of the DNA misalignment. In addition, we identify other thumb residues (Arg538, Lys521, Arg517, and Arg514) that play coordinating roles in stabilizing pol λ's interactions with misaligned DNA. Interestingly, their aggregate stabilization effect is more important than that of any one component residue, in contrast to aligned DNA systems, as we determined from mutations of these key residues and energetic analyses. No such comparable network of stabilizing misaligned DNA exists in pol β. Evolutionary needs for DNA repair on substrates with minimal base-pairing, such as those encountered by pol λ in the non-homologous end-joining pathway, may have been solved by a greater tolerance to deletion errors. Other base-flipping proteins share similar binding properties and motions for extrahelical nucleotides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York 10012, USA.
authors.forename: Meredith C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Victoria A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Padow
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schlick
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; C415367:DNA polymerase beta2; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta
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