Abstract
During translesion synthesis, eukaryotic DNA polymerase ζ (zeta) carries out extension from a wide range of DNA lesions. In this issue, Malik et al. (2020) (1) present the cryo-EM structure of polymerase ζ and show how it catalyzes the extension step of translesion synthesis.
MeSH terms
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Cryoelectron Microscopy
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DNA Polymerase III / chemistry
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DNA Polymerase III / metabolism
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DNA Repair
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DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / chemistry
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DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / metabolism
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Models, Molecular
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Protein Conformation
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / chemistry
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism
Substances
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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DNA polymerase zeta
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DNA Polymerase III
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DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
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REV3 protein, S cerevisiae