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Structure of DNA polymerase ζ: capturing the getaway driver
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Structure of DNA polymerase ζ: capturing the getaway driver

M Todd Washington and Melissa S Gildenberg
Nature structural & molecular biology, Vol.27(10), pp.1-2
10/01/2020
DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-0502-9
PMCID: PMC8163099
PMID: 32843752
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/8163099View
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Abstract

During translesion synthesis, eukaryotic DNA polymerase ζ carries out extension from a wide range of DNA lesions. Elucidation of the cryo-EM structure of polymerase ζ reveals how the enzyme catalyzes DNA strand synthesis beyond the lesion.

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