Recent advances in synthesis of difluoromethylene phosphonates for biological applications

M Shevchuk, Q Wang, R Pajkert, J Xu… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For almost 40 years, difluoromethylene phosphonates have proven to be versatile molecular
tools in biochemical studies owing to their close resemblance to naturally occurring …

Structure and mechanism of DNA polymerase β

WA Beard, SH Wilson - Biochemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
DNA polymerase (pol) β is a small eukaryotic DNA polymerase composed of two domains.
Each domain contributes an enzymatic activity (DNA synthesis and deoxyribose phosphate …

How DNA polymerases catalyse replication and repair with contrasting fidelity

WJ Wu, W Yang, MD Tsai - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
DNA polymerases were named for their function of catalysing DNA replication, a process
that is necessary for growth and propagation of life. DNA involving Watson–Crick base …

Trivalent rare earth metal cofactors confer rapid NP-DNA polymerase activity

VS Lelyveld, Z Fang, JW Szostak - Science, 2023 - science.org
A DNA polymerase with a single mutation and a divalent calcium cofactor catalyzes the
synthesis of unnatural N3′→ P5′ phosphoramidate (NP) bonds to form NP-DNA …

Nucleotide analog ARL67156 as a lead structure for the development of CD39 and dual CD39/CD73 ectonucleotidase inhibitors

L Schäkel, CC Schmies, RM Idris, X Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase1 (NTPDase1, CD39) inhibitors have potential
as novel drugs for the (immuno) therapy of cancer. They increase the extracellular …

A tool for the import of natural and unnatural nucleoside triphosphates into bacteria

AW Feldman, EC Fischer, MP Ledbetter… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nucleoside triphosphates play a central role in biology, but efforts to study these roles have
proven difficult because the levels of triphosphates are tightly regulated in a cell and …

The catalytic mechanism of DNA and RNA polymerases

V Genna, E Donati, M De Vivo - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
DNA and RNA polymerases (Pols) catalyze nucleic acid biosynthesis in all domains of life,
with implications for human diseases and health. Pols carry out nucleic acid extension …

Chemical stabilization of unnatural nucleotide triphosphates for the in vivo expansion of the genetic alphabet

AW Feldman, VT Dien… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We have developed an unnatural base pair (UBP) and a semisynthetic organism (SSO) that
imports the constituent unnatural nucleoside triphosphates and uses them to replicate DNA …

Modulating the DNA polymerase β reaction equilibrium to dissect the reverse reaction

DD Shock, BD Freudenthal, WA Beard… - Nature chemical …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA polymerases catalyze efficient and high-fidelity DNA synthesis. While this reaction
favors nucleotide incorporation, polymerases also catalyze a reverse reaction …

Modifying the Basicity of the dNTP Leaving Group Modulates Precatalytic Conformational Changes of DNA Polymerase β

KS Alnajjar, K Wang, I Alvarado-Cruz, C Chavira… - Biochemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
The catalytic function of DNA polymerase β (pol β) fulfills the gap-filling requirement of the
base excision DNA repair pathway by incorporating a single nucleotide into a gapped DNA …