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  • Title: Mechanism of the idling-turnover reaction of the large (Klenow) fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I.
    Author: Mizrahi V, Benkovic PA, Benkovic SJ.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1986 Jan; 83(2):231-5. PubMed ID: 3510431.
    Abstract:
    The mechanism of the idling-turnover reaction catalyzed by the large (Klenow) fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I has been investigated. The reaction cycle involved is one of excision/incorporation, in which the 3' deoxynucleotide residue of the primer DNA strand is partitioned into its 5'-mono- and 5'-triphosphate derivatives, respectively. Mechanistic studies suggest the 5'-monophosphate product is formed in the first step by simple 3'----5' exonucleolytic cleavage. Rapid polymerization follows with the concomitant release of inorganic pyrophosphate. In the second step, the 5'-triphosphate product is generated by a pyrophosphorolysis reaction, which, despite the low concentration of pyrophosphate that has accumulated, occurs at a rate that is comparable with that of the parallel 3'----5' hydrolysis reaction.
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