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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2005, p. 461-471, Vol. 25, No. 1
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.1.461-471.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Multiple Biological Roles of the 3'->5' Exonuclease of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA Polymerase {delta} Require Switching between the Polymerase and Exonuclease Domains

Yong Hwan Jin ,1,{dagger},{ddagger} Parie Garg,2,{dagger} Carrie M. W. Stith,2 Hanan Al-Refai,1,{ddagger} Joan F. Sterling,1 Laura J. W. Murray,1,§ Thomas A. Kunkel,1 Michael A. Resnick,1 Peter M. Burgers,2*,{dagger} and Dmitry A. Gordenin1*

Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri2

Received 20 July 2004/ Returned for modification 23 September 2004/ Accepted 30 September 2004

Until recently, the only biological function attributed to the 3'->5' exonuclease activity of DNA polymerases was proofreading of replication errors. Based on genetic and biochemical analysis of the 3'->5' exonuclease of yeast DNA polymerase {delta} (Pol {delta}) we have discerned additional biological roles for this exonuclease in Okazaki fragment maturation and mismatch repair. We asked whether Pol {delta} exonuclease performs all these biological functions in association with the replicative complex or as an exonuclease separate from the replicating holoenzyme. We have identified yeast Pol {delta} mutants at Leu523 that are defective in processive DNA synthesis when the rate of misincorporation is high because of a deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) imbalance. Yet the mutants retain robust 3'->5' exonuclease activity. Based on biochemical studies, the mutant enzymes appear to be impaired in switching of the nascent 3' end between the polymerase and the exonuclease sites, resulting in severely impaired biological functions. Mutation rates and spectra and synergistic interactions of the pol3-L523X mutations with msh2, exo1, and rad27/fen1 defects were indistinguishable from those observed with previously studied exonuclease-defective mutants of the Pol {delta}. We conclude that the three biological functions of the 3'->5' exonuclease addressed in this study are performed intramolecularly within the replicating holoenzyme.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for D. A. Gordenin (for genetic analysis): National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, D3-01, 101 TW Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Phone: (919) 541-5190. Fax: (919) 541-7593. gordenin{at}niehs.nih.gov. Mailing address for Peter M. J. Burgers (for biochemical analysis): Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8231, 660 South Euclid, Saint Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 362-3872. Fax: (314) 362-7183. E-mail: burgers{at}biochem.wustl.edu

{dagger} Y.H.J., P.G., P.M.B., and D.A.G. contributed equally to this study.

{ddagger} Present address: Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.

§ Present address: Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2005, p. 461-471, Vol. 25, No. 1
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.1.461-471.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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