| Literature DB >> 26219928 |
Ol'ha O Brovarets'1, Dmytro M Hovorun.
Abstract
We have firstly shown that the T·T(w) and C·C(w) DNA mismatches with wobble (w) geometry stay in slow tautomeric equilibrium with short T·T*(WC) and C·C*(WC) Watson-Crick (WC) mispairs. These non-dissociative tautomeric rearrangements are controlled by the plane-symmetric, highly stable, highly polar and zwitterionic transition states. The obtained results allow us to understand in what way the T·T(w) and C·C(w) mismatches acquire enzymatically competent T·T*(WC) and C·C*(WC) conformations directly in the hydrophobic recognition pocket of a high-fidelity DNA-polymerase, thereby producing thermodynamically non-equilibrium spontaneous transversions. The simplest numerical estimation of the frequency ratio of the TT to CC spontaneous transversions satisfactorily agrees with experimental data.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26219928 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03211c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Chem Chem Phys ISSN: 1463-9076 Impact factor: 3.676