Stereospecific Formation of a Ternary Complex of (S)-alpha, beta-Fluoromethylene-dATP with DNA Pol beta.
Chamberlain, B.T., Batra, V.K., Beard, W.A., Kadina, A.P., Shock, D.D., Kashemirov, B.A., McKenna, C.E., Goodman, M.F., Wilson, S.H.(2012) Chembiochem 13: 528-530
- PubMed: 22315190 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201100738
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3TFR, 3TFS - PubMed Abstract: 
The influence of water: crystallization of (R/S)-α,β-CHF-dATP with the preorganized pol β-DNA complex shows that (S)-α,β-CHF-dATP is preferentially bound to the active site with the C=F fluorine proximal to a structural water bound to Asp276.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.