1. Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233, USA
Abstract:
Highlights? Initial nucleotide binding occurs in the open polymerase complex ? Correct and incorrect nucleotides undergo metal-dependent conformational changes ? Watson-Crick base pairing is sampled upon nucleotide binding ? The stabilization of the correct, but not incorrect, nucleotide deters misinsertion