Characterization of Nine Cancer-Associated Variants in Human DNA Polymerase κ

Chemical Research in Toxicology
Nicole M AntczakPenny J Beuning

Abstract

Specialized DNA damage-bypass Y-family DNA polymerases contribute to cancer prevention by providing cellular tolerance to DNA damage that can lead to mutations and contribute to cancer progression by increasing genomic instability. Y-family polymerases can also bypass DNA adducts caused by chemotherapy agents. One of the four human Y-family DNA polymerases, DNA polymerase (pol) κ, has been shown to be specific for bypass of minor groove adducts and inhibited by major groove adducts. In addition, mutations in the gene encoding pol κ are associated with different types of cancers as well as with chemotherapy responses. We characterized nine variants of pol κ whose identity was inferred from cancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms for polymerization activity on undamaged and damaged DNA, their abilities to extend from mismatched or damaged base pairs at primer termini, and overall stability and dynamics. We find that these pol κ variants generally fall into three categories: similar activity to wild-type (WT) pol κ (L21F, I39T, P169T, F192C, and E292K), more active than WT pol κ (S423R), and less active than pol κ (R219I, R298H, and Y432S). Of these, only pol κ variants R298H and Y432S had markedly reduced thermal stabil...Continue Reading

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