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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
50
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-15
pubmed:abstractText
A multisubunit ring-shaped protein complex is used to tether the polymerase to the DNA at the primer-template junction in most DNA replication systems. This "sliding clamp" interacts with the polymerase, completely encircles the DNA duplex, and is assembled onto the DNA by a specific clamp loading complex in an ATP-driven process. Site-specific mutagenesis has been used to introduce single cysteine residues as reactive sites for adduct formation within each of the three subunits of the bacteriophage T4-coded sliding clamp complex (gp45). Two such mutants, gp45S19C and gp45K81C, are reacted with the cysteine-specific photoactivable cross-linker TFPAM-3 and used to track the changes in the relative positioning of the gp45 subunits with one another and with the other components of the clamp loading complex (gp44/62) in the various stages of the loading process. Cross-linking interactions performed in the presence of nucleotide cofactors show that ATP binding and hydrolysis, interaction with primer-template DNA, and release of ADP all result in significant conformational changes within the clamp loading cycle. A structural model is presented to account for the observed rearrangements of intersubunit contacts within the complex during the loading process.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31666-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural analyses of gp45 sliding clamp interactions during assembly of the bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase holoenzyme. I. Conformational changes within the gp44/62-gp45-ATP complex during clamp loading.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't