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- Title
A clamp-like biohybrid catalyst for DNA oxidation.
- Authors
van Dongen, Stijn F. M.; Clerx, Joost; Nørgaard, Kasper; Bloemberg, Tom G.; Cornelissen, Jeroen J. L. M.; Trakselis, Michael A.; Nelson, Scott W.; Benkovic, Stephen J.; Rowan, Alan E.; Nolte, Roeland J. M.
- Abstract
In processive catalysis, a catalyst binds to a substrate and remains bound as it performs several consecutive reactions, as exemplified by DNA polymerases. Processivity is essential in nature and is often mediated by a clamp-like structure that physically tethers the catalyst to its (polymeric) template. In the case of the bacteriophage T4 replisome, a dedicated clamp protein acts as a processivity mediator by encircling DNA and subsequently recruiting its polymerase. Here we use this DNA-binding protein to construct a biohybrid catalyst. Conjugation of the clamp protein to a chemical catalyst with sequence-specific oxidation behaviour formed a catalytic clamp that can be loaded onto a DNA plasmid. The catalytic activity of the biohybrid catalyst was visualized using a procedure based on an atomic force microscopy method that detects and spatially locates oxidized sites in DNA. Varying the experimental conditions enabled switching between processive and distributive catalysis and influencing the sliding direction of this rotaxane-like catalyst.
- Subjects
BIOHYBRID artificial organs; OXIDATION of DNA; DNA polymerases; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA-binding proteins; PLASMIDS; ROTAXANES; STEPWISE reactions (Chemistry)
- Publication
Nature Chemistry, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 11, p945
- ISSN
1755-4330
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nchem.1752