著者
中村 照也 山縣 ゆり子 YANG Wei
出版者
一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会
雑誌
生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.53, no.5, pp.254-257, 2013 (Released:2013-09-25)
参考文献数
13
被引用文献数
1 1

A number of structural and kinetic studies of DNA polymerases have proposed the catalytic mechanism of the nucleotidyl-transfer reaction. However, the actual process has never been visualized. Here we show the nucleotidyl-transfer reaction process catalyzed by human DNA polymerase η using time-resolved protein crystallography. In sequence, the nucleophile 3′-OH is deprotonated, the deoxyribose at the primer end converts from C2′-endo to C3′-endo, and the nucleophile and the α-phosphate of dATP approach each other to form the new bond. A third Mg2+ ion, which arrives with the new bond and stabilizes the intermediate state, may be an unappreciated feature of the two-metal-ion mechanism.