PMID: 22315190

Authors:

Chamberlain BT, Batra VK, Beard WA, Kadina AP, Shock DD, Kashemirov BA, McKenna CE, Goodman MF, Wilson SH

Title:

Stereospecific Formation of a Ternary Complex of (S)-alpha,beta-Fluoromethylene-dATP with DNA Pol beta.

Journal:

Chembiochem. 2012 Mar 5;13(4):528-30. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201100738. Epub 2012 Feb , 7.

Abstract:

The influence of water: Crystallization of (R/S)-alpha,beta-CHF-dATP with the preorganized pol beta-DNA complex shows that (S)-alpha,beta-CHF-dATP is preferentially bound to the active site with the CF fluorine proximal to a structural water bound to Asp276.