Y-family polymerase conformation is a major determinant of fidelity and translesion specificity.
Wilson, R.C., Jackson, M.A., Pata, J.D.(2013) Structure 21: 20-31
- PubMed: 23245850 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.11.005
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4F4W, 4F4X, 4F4Y, 4F4Z, 4F50, 4HYK - PubMed Abstract: 
Y-family polymerases help cells tolerate DNA damage by performing translesion synthesis opposite damaged DNA bases, yet they also have a high intrinsic error rate. We constructed chimeras of two closely related Y-family polymerases that display distinctly different activity profiles and found that the polypeptide linker that tethers the catalytic polymerase domain to the C-terminal DNA-binding domain is a major determinant of overall polymerase activity, nucleotide incorporation fidelity, and abasic site-bypass ability ...