DNA polymerase beta substrate specificity: side chain modulation of the "A-rule".
Beard, W.A., Shock, D.D., Batra, V.K., Pedersen, L.C., Wilson, S.H.(2009) J Biol Chem 284: 31680-31689
- PubMed: 19759017 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.029843
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3ISB, 3ISC, 3ISD - PubMed Abstract: 
Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites are continuously generated in genomic DNA. Left unrepaired, AP sites represent noninstructional premutagenic lesions that are impediments to DNA synthesis. When DNA polymerases encounter an AP site, they generally insert dAMP ...