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Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, issue 11, pages 5537-5549

The telomerase essential N-terminal domain promotes DNA synthesis by stabilizing short RNA-DNA hybrids

Akiyama B M 1
Parks J. W. 2
Stone M D 3
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Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2015-05-04
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Impact factor14.9
ISSN03051048, 13624962
PubMed ID:  25940626
Genetics
Abstract
Telomerase is an enzyme that adds repetitive DNA sequences to the ends of chromosomes and consists of two main subunits: the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) protein and an associated telomerase RNA (TER). The telomerase essential N-terminal (TEN) domain is a conserved region of TERT proposed to mediate DNA substrate interactions. Here, we have employed single molecule telomerase binding assays to investigate the function of the TEN domain. Our results reveal telomeric DNA substrates bound to telomerase exhibit a dynamic equilibrium between two states: a docked conformation and an alternative conformation. The relative stabilities of the docked and alternative states correlate with the number of basepairs that can be formed between the DNA substrate and the RNA template, with more basepairing favoring the docked state. The docked state is further buttressed by the TEN domain and mutations within the TEN domain substantially alter the DNA substrate structural equilibrium. We propose a model in which the TEN domain stabilizes short RNA–DNA duplexes in the active site of the enzyme, promoting the docked state to augment telomerase processivity.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1093/nar/gkv406
UR - https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2Fgkv406
TI - The telomerase essential N-terminal domain promotes DNA synthesis by stabilizing short RNA-DNA hybrids
T2 - Nucleic Acids Research
AU - Akiyama, B M
AU - Parks, J. W.
AU - Stone, M D
PY - 2015
DA - 2015/05/04 00:00:00
PB - Oxford University Press
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@article{2015_Akiyama,
author = {B M Akiyama and J. W. Parks and M D Stone},
title = {The telomerase essential N-terminal domain promotes DNA synthesis by stabilizing short RNA-DNA hybrids},
journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
year = {2015},
volume = {43},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
month = {may},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2Fgkv406},
number = {11},
pages = {5537--5549},
doi = {10.1093/nar/gkv406}
}
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Akiyama, B. M., et al. “The telomerase essential N-terminal domain promotes DNA synthesis by stabilizing short RNA-DNA hybrids.” Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 43, no. 11, May. 2015, pp. 5537-5549. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fnar%2Fgkv406.
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