Time-lapse crystallography snapshots of a double-strand break repair polymerase in action

DNA polymerase (pol) μ functions in DNA double-strand break repair. Here the authors use time-lapse X-ray crystallography to capture the states of pol µ during the conversion from pre-catalytic to product complex and observe a third transiently bound metal ion in the product state.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joonas A. Jamsen, William A. Beard, Lars C. Pedersen, David D. Shock, Andrea F. Moon, Juno M. Krahn, Katarzyna Bebenek, Thomas A. Kunkel, Samuel H. Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00271-7