Summary: DNA polymerase III beta subunit, central domain

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Top and side views of a homotrimer of the human PCNA sliding clamp (rainbow colored, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) with double stranded DNA modeled through the central pore (magenta).^[1]

A DNA clamp, also known as a sliding clamp, is a protein fold that serves as a processivity-promoting factor in DNA replication. As a critical component of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, the clamp protein binds DNA polymerase and prevents this enzyme from dissociating from the template DNA strand. The clamp-polymerase protein–protein interactions are stronger and more specific than the direct interactions between the polymerase and the template DNA strand; because one of the rate-limiting steps in the DNA synthesis reaction is the association of the polymerase with the DNA template, the presence of the sliding clamp dramatically increases the number of nucleotides that the polymerase can add to the growing strand per association event. The presence of the DNA clamp can increase the rate of DNA synthesis up to 1,000-fold compared with a nonprocessive polymerase.^[2]

Structure

The DNA clamp fold is an α+β protein that assembles into a multimeric structure that completely encircles the DNA double helix as the polymerase adds nucleotides to the growing strand.^[3] The DNA clamp assembles on the DNA at the replication fork and "slides" along the DNA with the advancing polymerase, aided by a layer of water molecules in the central pore of the clamp between the DNA and the protein surface. Because of the toroidal shape of the assembled multimer, the clamp cannot dissociate from the template strand without also dissociating into monomers.

The DNA clamp fold is found in bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes and some viruses. In bacteria, the sliding clamp is a homodimer composed of two identical beta subunits of DNA polymerase III and hence is referred to as the beta clamp. In archaea^[4] and eukaryotes, it is a trimer composed of three molecules of PCNA. The T4 bacteriophage also uses a sliding clamp, called gp45 that is a trimer similar in structure to PCNA but lacks sequence homology to either PCNA or the bacterial beta clamp.^[3]

Kingdom	Sliding clamp protein	Multimer state	Associated polymerase
Bacteria	beta subunit of pol III	dimer	DNA polymerase III
Archaea	archaeal PCNA	trimer	pol ε
Eukaryote	PCNA	trimer	DNA polymerase delta
Virus	gp43 / gp45	trimer	RB69 Pol / T4 Pol

Bacterial

DNA polymerase III subunit beta
Crystallographic structure of the dimeric DNA polymerase beta subunit from E. coli.^[5]
Identifiers
Organism	Escherichia coli
Symbol	dnaN
Entrez	948218
PDB	1MMI
RefSeq (Prot)	NP_418156
UniProt	P0A988
Other data
EC number	2.7.7.7
Chromosome	MG1655: 3.88 - 3.88 Mb

The beta clamp is a specific DNA clamp and a subunit of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme found in bacteria. Two beta subunits are assembled around the DNA by the gamma subunit and ATP hydrolysis; this assembly is called the pre-initiation complex. After assembly around the DNA, the beta subunits' affinity for the gamma subunit is replaced by an affinity for the alpha and epsilon subunits, which together create the complete holoenzyme.^[6]^[7]^[8] DNA polymerase III is the primary enzyme complex involved in prokaryotic DNA replication.

The gamma complex of DNA polymerase III, composed of γδδ'χψ subunits, catalyzes ATP to chaperone two beta subunits to bind to DNA. Once bound to DNA, the beta subunits can freely slide along double stranded DNA. The beta subunits in turn bind the αε polymerase complex. The α subunit possesses DNA polymerase activity and the ε subunit is a 3’-5’ exonuclease.^[8]

The beta chain of bacterial DNA polymerase III is composed of three topologically equivalent domains (N-terminal, central, and C-terminal). Two beta chain molecules are tightly associated to form a closed ring encircling duplex DNA.

DNA polymerase III, beta chain

Identifiers

Symbol

DNA_polIII_beta

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

DNA polymerase III, beta chain,
N-terminal

Identifiers

Symbol

DNA_pol3_beta

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

DNA polymerase III, beta chain,
central

Identifiers

Symbol

DNA_pol3_beta_2

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

DNA polymerase III, beta chain,
C-terminal

Identifiers

Symbol

DNA_pol3_beta_3

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

As a drug target

Certain NSAIDs (carprofen, bromfenac, and vedaprofen) exhibit some suppression of bacterial DNA replication by inhibiting bacterial DNA clamp.^[9]

Eukaryote

proliferating cell nuclear antigen
The assembled human DNA clamp, a trimer of the human protein PCNA.^[10]
Identifiers
Symbol	PCNA
Entrez	5111
HUGO	8729
OMIM	176740
PDB	1axc
RefSeq	NM_002592
UniProt	P12004
Other data
EC number	2.7.7.7
Locus	Chr. 20 pter-p12

The sliding clamp in eukaryotes is assembled from a specific subunit of DNA polymerase delta called the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The N-terminal and C-terminal domains of PCNA are topologically identical. Three PCNA molecules are tightly associated to form a closed ring encircling duplex DNA.

The sequence of PCNA is well conserved between plants and animals, indicating a strong selective pressure for structure conservation, and suggesting that this type of DNA replication mechanism is conserved throughout eukaryotes.^[11] Homologues of PCNA have also been identified in the archaea (Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota) and in Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus 1 (PBCV-1) and in nuclear polyhedrosis viruses.

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, N-terminal domain

Identifiers

Symbol

PCNA_N

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, C-terminal domain

Identifiers

Symbol

PCNA_C

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Viral

DNA polymerase accessory protein 45
Crystallographic structure of the trimeric gp45 sliding clamp from bacteriophage T4.^[12]
Identifiers
Organism	Enterobacteria phage T4
Symbol	gp45
Entrez	1258821
PDB	1CZD
RefSeq (Prot)	NP_049666
UniProt	P04525
Other data
EC number	2.7.7.7
Chromosome	1: 0.03 - 0.03 Mb

The viral gp45 sliding clamp subunit protein contains two domains. Each domain consists of two alpha helices and two beta sheets – the fold is duplicated and has internal pseudo two-fold symmetry.^[13] Three gp45 molecules are tightly associated to form a closed ring encircling duplex DNA.

Gp45 sliding clamp, N-terminal

Identifiers

Symbol

DNA_pol_proc_fac

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Gp45 sliding clamp, C-terminal

Identifiers

Symbol

Gp45_slide_clamp_C

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Assembly

Sliding clamps are loaded onto their associated DNA template strands by specialized proteins known as "sliding clamp loaders", which also disassemble the clamps after replication has completed. The binding sites for these initiator proteins overlap with the binding sites for the DNA polymerase, so the clamp cannot simultaneously associate with a clamp loader and with a polymerase. Thus the clamp will not be actively disassembled while the polymerase remains bound. DNA clamps also associate with other factors involved in DNA and genome homeostasis, such as nucleosome assembly factors, Okazaki fragment ligases, and DNA repair proteins. All of these proteins also share a binding site on the DNA clamp that overlaps with the clamp loader site, ensuring that the clamp will not be removed while any enzyme is still working on the DNA. The activity of the clamp loader requires ATP hydrolysis to "close" the clamp around the DNA.

References

^ PDB: 1W60; Kontopidis G, Wu SY, Zheleva DI, Taylor P, McInnes C, Lane DP, Fischer PM, Walkinshaw MD (February 2005). "Structural and biochemical studies of human proliferating cell nuclear antigen complexes provide a rationale for cyclin association and inhibitor design". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102 (6): 1871–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.0406540102. PMC 548533. PMID 15681588.
^ V. Mizrahi; R. N. Henrie; J. F. Marlier; K. A. Johnson; S. J. Benkovic (1985). "Rate-limiting steps in the DNA polymerase I reaction pathway". Biochemistry 24 (15): 4010–4018. doi:10.1021/bi00336a031.
^ ^a ^b Bruck I, O'Donnell M (2001). "The ring-type polymerase sliding clamp family". Genome Biol. 2 (1): REVIEWS3001. doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-1-reviews3001. PMC 150441. PMID 11178284.
^ Matsumiya S, Ishino Y, Morikawa K (January 2001). "Crystal structure of an archaeal DNA sliding clamp: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen from Pyrococcus furiosus". Protein Sci. 10 (1): 17–23. doi:10.1110/ps.36401. PMC 2249843. PMID 11266590.
^ PDB: 1MMI; Oakley AJ, Prosselkov P, Wijffels G, Beck JL, Wilce MC, Dixon NE (July 2003). "Flexibility revealed by the 1.85 Å crystal structure of the beta sliding-clamp subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III". Acta Crystallogr. D 59 (Pt 7): 1192–9. doi:10.1107/S0907444903009958. PMID 12832762.
^ Lewin, Benjamin (1997). Genes VI. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. pp. 484–7. ISBN 0-19-857779-6.
^ Lehninger, Albert L (1975). Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Cell Structure and Function. New York: Worth Publishers. p. 894. ISBN 0-87901-047-9.
^ ^a ^b Stukenberg PT, Studwell-Vaughan PS, O'Donnell M (June 1991). "Mechanism of the sliding beta-clamp of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 266 (17): 11328–34. PMID 2040637.
^ Yin Z, Wang Y, Whittell LR, Jergic S, Liu M, Harry E, Dixon NE, Kelso MJ, Beck JL, Oakley AJ (2014). "DNA Replication Is the Target for the Antibacterial Effects of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs". Chemistry & Biology. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2014.02.009.
^ PDB: 1AXC; Gulbis JM, Kelman Z, Hurwitz J, O'Donnell M, Kuriyan J (October 1996). "Structure of the C-terminal region of p21(WAF1/CIP1) complexed with human PCNA". Cell 87 (2): 297–306. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81347-1. PMID 8861913.
^ Suzuka I, Hata S, Matsuoka M, Kosugi S, Hashimoto J (January 1991). "Highly conserved structure of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (DNA polymerase delta auxiliary protein) gene in plants". Eur. J. Biochem. 195 (2): 571–5. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15739.x. PMID 1671766.
^ PDB: 1CZD; Moarefi I, Jeruzalmi D, Turner J, O'Donnell M, Kuriyan J (March 2000). "Crystal structure of the DNA polymerase processivity factor of T4 bacteriophage". J. Mol. Biol. 296 (5): 1215–23. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.3511. PMID 10698628.
^ Steitz TA, Shamoo Y (1999). "Building a replisome from interacting pieces: sliding clamp complexed to a peptide from DNA polymerase and a polymerase editing complex". Cell 99 (2): 155–166. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81647-5. PMID 10535734.

External links

SCOP DNA clamp fold
CATH box architecture
clamp protein DnaN, E coli at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

DNA replication (comparing Prokaryotic to Eukaryotic)

Initiation

Prokaryotic (initiation)	Pre-replication complex dnaC Cdc6 Helicase dnaA dnaB T7 Primase dnaG

Eukaryotic (preparation in G1 phase)	Pre-replication complex Origin recognition complex ORC1 ORC2 ORC3 ORC4 ORC5 ORC6 Cdc6 Cdt1 Minichromosome maintenance MCM2 MCM3 MCM4 MCM5 MCM6 MCM7 Licensing factor Autonomously replicating sequence Single-strand binding protein SSBP2 SSBP3 SSBP4 RNase H RNASEH1 RNASEH2A Helicase: HFM1 Primase: PRIM1 PRIM2

Both	Origin of replication/Ori/Replicon Replication fork Lagging and leading strands Okazaki fragments Primer

Replication

Prokaryotic (elongation)	DNA polymerase III holoenzyme dnaC dnaE dnaH dnaN dnaQ dnaT dnaX holA holB holC holD holE Replisome DNA ligase DNA clamp Topoisomerase DNA gyrase Prokaryotic DNA polymerase: DNA polymerase I Klenow fragment

Eukaryotic (synthesis in S phase)	Replication factor C RFC1 Flap endonuclease FEN1 Topoisomerase Replication protein A RPA1 Eukaryotic DNA polymerase: alpha POLA1 POLA2 PRIM1 PRIM2 delta POLD1 POLD2 POLD3 POLD4 epsilon POLE POLE2 POLE3 POLE4 DNA clamp PCNA Control of chromosome duplication

Both	Movement: Processivity DNA ligase

Termination

Telomere: Telomerase
- TERT
- TERC
- DKC1

v t e Protein tertiary structure

General	Structural domain Protein folding Structure determination methods

All-α folds:	Helix bundle Globin fold Homeodomain fold Alpha solenoid

All-β folds:	Immunoglobulin domain Beta barrel Beta-propeller

α/β folds:	TIM barrel Leucine-rich repeat Flavodoxin fold Rossmann fold Thioredoxin fold Trefoil knot fold

α+β folds:	DNA clamp Ferredoxin fold Ribonuclease A SH2-like fold

Irregular folds:	Conotoxin

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A dimer of the beta subunit of DNA polymerase beta forms a ring which encircles duplex DNA. Each monomer contains three domains of identical topology and DNA clamp fold.

Literature references

Kong XP, Onrust R, O'Donnell M, Kuriyan J; , Cell 1992;69:425-437.: Three-dimensional structure of the beta subunit of E. coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme: a sliding DNA clamp. PUBMED:1349852 EPMC:1349852

Internal database links

SCOOP:	DNA_pol3_beta_3
Similarity to PfamA using HHSearch:	DNA_pol3_beta

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2pol

This tab holds annotation information from the InterPro database.

InterPro entry IPR022637

This entry describes the central domain of the beta chain of DNA polymerase III. This is a complex, multichain enzyme responsible for most of the replicative synthesis in bacteria. The beta chain is required for initiation of replication from an RNA primer, nucleotide triphosphate (dNTP) residues being added to the 5'-end of the growing DNA chain.

Gene Ontology

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Cellular component	DNA polymerase III complex (GO:0009360)
Molecular function	3'-5' exonuclease activity (GO:0008408)
Molecular function	DNA-directed DNA polymerase activity (GO:0003887)
Biological process	DNA replication (GO:0006260)

Domain organisation

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Pfam Clan

This family is a member of clan DNA_clamp (CL0060), which has the following description:

Sliding DNA clamps are ring-shaped proteins that allow DNA polymerase to achieve high processivity during chromosome replication by tethering the polymerase catalytic subunit to DNA. All of the structures share a 12-fold symmetry around the ring consisting of a simple structural repeat, though there is structural divergence in some of the repeats. Bacterial beta-clamps contain six repeats per subunit with two subunits per ring while the eukaryotic and bacteriophage clamps contain four repeats per subunit with three subunits per ring. Pairs of these repeats form a domain, which has been termed the 'processivity fold'; thus the ring of the sliding clamp contains six domains and therefore is often described as having 6-fold symmetry. A structural representative of a fourth family of processivity fold proteins, namely the herpes simplex virus UL42 protein, is also available. UL42 does not form a ring-shaped clamp, however, but rather functions as a monomer and interacts with DNA quite differently than do sliding clamps; it has been suggested that UL42 resembles a primitive ancestor of sliding clamps [2].

The clan contains the following 10 members:

DNA_pol3_beta DNA_pol3_beta_2 DNA_pol3_beta_3 DNA_PPF Herpes_UL42 Hus1 PCNA_C PCNA_N Rad1 Rad9

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Curation

Seed source:

Pfam-B_631 (release 2.1)

Previous IDs:

none

Type:

Domain

Author:

Bateman A, Griffiths-Jones SR

Number in seed:

12

Number in full:

2915

Average length of the domain:

116.50 aa

Average identity of full alignment:

27 %

Average coverage of the sequence by the domain:

31.51 %

HMM information

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Model details:

Parameter	Sequence	Domain
Gathering cut-off	20.5	20.5
Trusted cut-off	20.5	20.5
Noise cut-off	20.4	20.4

Model length:

116

Family (HMM) version:

14

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Interactions

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DNA_pol3_beta DNA_pol3_beta DNA_pol3_beta_3 IMS_C DNA_pol3_beta_2 DNA_pol3_delta DNA_pol3_beta_3

Structures

For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the DNA_pol3_beta_2 domain has been found. There are 145 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein seqence.

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Family: DNA_pol3_beta_2 (PF02767)

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Summary: DNA polymerase III beta subunit, central domain

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Bacterial

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Eukaryote

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