Research Article

MsDpo4—a DinB Homolog from Mycobacterium smegmatis—Is an Error-Prone DNA Polymerase That Can Promote G:T and T:G Mismatches

Table 2

Frequency of dG:dTTP and dT:dGTP misincorporation by MsDpo4 as determined by steady-state analysis.

Template: incoming nucleotide 𝐾 𝑚 ( 𝜇 M) 𝑉 m a x / 𝐾 𝑚 (nM of enzyme−1 min−1) 𝑓 i n c

dG:dCTP [4]4.3 (0.69)16.16 (5.6)1
dG:dTTP [4]165.5 (39.70) 3 . 3 4 × 1 0 3 ( 7 . 4 × 1 0 4 ) 2 . 1 × 1 0 4
dT:dATP [4]5.5 (1.54)12.74 (2.3)1
dT:dGTP [4]166.5 (39.01) 3 . 2 × 1 0 3 ( 8 . 1 × 1 0 4 ) 2 . 5 × 1 0 4

The nucleotide misincorporation ratio, 𝑓 i n c = ( 𝑉 m a x / 𝐾 𝑚 ) m i s i n c o r p o r a t i o n / ( 𝑉 m a x / 𝐾 𝑚 ) c o r r e c t i n c o r p o r a t i o n . For example, 𝑓 i n c ( G T ) = ( 𝑉 m a x / 𝐾 𝑚 ) G T / ( 𝑉 m a x / 𝐾 𝑚 ) G C . Number of experimental trials are given in [ ] .
Standard errors between the experiments are given in ().