Structures of human primosome elongation complexes

Qixiang He, Andrey G. Baranovskiy, Lucia M. Morstadt, Alisa E. Lisova, Nigar D. Babayeva, Benjamin L. Lusk, Ci Ji Lim, Tahir H. Tahirov

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Abstract

The synthesis of RNA–DNA primer by primosome requires coordination between primase and DNA polymerase α subunits, which is accompanied by unknown architectural rearrangements of multiple domains. Using cryogenic electron microscopy, we solved a 3.6 Å human primosome structure caught at an early stage of RNA primer elongation with deoxynucleotides. The structure confirms a long-standing role of primase large subunit and reveals new insights into how primosome is limited to synthesizing short RNA–DNA primers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)579-583
Number of pages5
JournalNature Structural and Molecular Biology
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Structural Biology
  • Molecular Biology

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