Model for processive nucleotide and repeat additions by the telomerase

Details Model for processive nucleotide and repeat additions by the telomerase Model for processive nucleotide and repeat additions by the telomerase

2007-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/0708.2527v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Biomolecules

28 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

A model is presented to describe the nucleotide and repeat addition processivity by the telomerase. In the model, the processive nucleotide addition is implemented on the basis of two requirements: One is that stem IV loop stimulates the chemical reaction of nucleotide incorporation, and the other one is the existence of an ssRNA-binding site adjacent to the polymerase site that has a high affinity for the unpaired base of the template. The unpairing of DNA:RNA hybrid after the incorporation of the nucleotide paired with the last base on the template, which is the prerequisite for repeat addition processivity, is caused by a force acting on the primer. The force is resulted from the unfolding of stem III pseudoknot that is induced by the swinging of stem IV loop towards the nucleotide-bound polymerase site. Based on the model, the dynamics of processive nucleotide and repeat additions by Tetrahymena telomerase are quantitatively studied, which give good explanations to the previous experimental results. Moreover, some predictions are presented. In particular, it is predicted that the repeat addition processivity is mainly determined by the difference between the free energy required to disrupt the DNA:RNA hybrid and that required to unfold the stem III pseudoknot, with the large difference corresponding to a low repeat addition processivity while the small one corresponding to a high repeat addition processivity.

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