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Review
. 2009 Feb 18;28(4):313-4.
doi: 10.1038/emboj.2008.303.

Bypass specialists operate together

Kei-ichi Takata  1 , Richard D Wood
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Review

Bypass specialists operate together

Kei-ichi Takata et al. EMBO J. .

Abstract

New experiments show that different combinations of translesion DNA polymerases act to bypass lesions in mammalian cells, depending on the type of DNA damage. Bypass of most lesions tested was dependent on REV3L (pol zeta) and at least one additional DNA polymerase. The data fit a model whereby DNA polymerases work sequentially to bypass adducts in DNA.

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Working model for the bypass of a site of DNA damage by the action of multiple DNA polymerases. Shachar et al. (2009) constructed plasmids containing a gap, each with a different type of single DNA template lesion near the centre of the gap (A). In mammalian cells, several steps are necessary for complete gap filling. Replicative DNA polymerases are normally stalled at sites of damage (B), and a specialized DNA polymerase such as POLH, POLI, POLK or polζ inserts a base (or bases) opposite the adduct (C). The polymerase selected depends on the type of DNA lesion. Extension of this aberrant terminus may require another specialized DNA polymerase, often polζ. The length of tracts synthesized by polζ in vivo is not yet known (D). For the bypass of a TT CPD, polζ is not necessary. Some post-replication repair gap filling may occur in G2 phase, and some lesion bypass may take place during S phase. If bypass happens in S phase or for filling of long gaps in vivo, switching back to a replicative DNA polymerase is necessary (E).
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