8D33

Human mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma ternary complex with GC basepair


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 2.46 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Pol gamma coordinates DNA synthesis and proofreading to ensure mitochondrial genome integrity.

Park, J.Herrmann, G.K.Mitchell, P.G.Sherman, M.B.Yin, Y.W.

(2023) Nat Struct Mol Biol 30: 812-823

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-00980-2
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    8D33, 8D37, 8D3R, 8D42

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Accurate replication of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) by DNA polymerase γ (Polγ) is essential for maintaining cellular energy supplies, metabolism, and cell cycle control. To illustrate the structural mechanism for Polγ coordinating polymerase (pol) and exonuclease (exo) activities to ensure rapid and accurate DNA synthesis, we determined four cryo-EM structures of Polγ captured after accurate or erroneous incorporation to a resolution of 2.4-3.0 Å. The structures show that Polγ employs a dual-checkpoint mechanism to sense nucleotide misincorporation and initiate proofreading. The transition from replication to error editing is accompanied by increased dynamics in both DNA and enzyme, in which the polymerase relaxes its processivity and the primer-template DNA unwinds, rotates, and backtracks to shuttle the mismatch-containing primer terminus 32 Å to the exo site for editing. Our structural and functional studies also provide a foundation for analyses of Polγ mutation-induced human diseases and aging.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
DNA polymerase subunit gamma-11,245Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: POLGMDP1POLG1POLGA
EC: 2.7.7.7
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Find proteins for P54098 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P54098
PHAROS:  P54098
GTEx:  ENSG00000140521 
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UniProt GroupP54098
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
DNA polymerase subunit gamma-2, mitochondrial
B, C
491Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: POLG2MTPOLB
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Find proteins for Q9UHN1 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q9UHN1
PHAROS:  Q9UHN1
GTEx:  ENSG00000256525 
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UniProt GroupQ9UHN1
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA (5'-D(P*AP*AP*AP*AP*CP*GP*AP*CP*GP*GP*CP*CP*AP*GP*TP*GP*CP*CP*AP*TP*AP*C)-3')D [auth P]24synthetic construct
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Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA (25-MER)E [auth T]28synthetic construct
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 2.46 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
RECONSTRUCTIONcryoSPARC3.3.2

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)United StatesAI134611

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2023-05-24
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-05-31
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-07-05
    Changes: Database references