Issue 94, 2017

Structural basis for the selective incorporation of an artificial nucleotide opposite a DNA adduct by a DNA polymerase

Abstract

The possibility to sequence cytotoxic O6-alkylG DNA adducts would greatly benefit research. Recently we reported a benzimidazole-derived nucleotide that is selectively incorporated opposite the damaged site by a mutated DNA polymerase. Here we provide the structural basis for this reaction which may spur future developments in DNA damage sequencing.

Graphical abstract: Structural basis for the selective incorporation of an artificial nucleotide opposite a DNA adduct by a DNA polymerase

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Sept. 2017
Accepted
02 Nov. 2017
First published
07 Nov. 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 12704-12707

Structural basis for the selective incorporation of an artificial nucleotide opposite a DNA adduct by a DNA polymerase

K. Betz, A. Nilforoushan, L. A. Wyss, K. Diederichs, S. J. Sturla and A. Marx, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12704 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07173F

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