Elongation of Extended Telomeric Chromosome End

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R-HSA-164617
Type
Reaction [omitted]
Species
Homo sapiens
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5/5
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The elongation reaction proceeds as follows: The template of hTERC directs the sequential addition of nucleotides to the 3' telomeric DNA end. Following addition of a nucleotide, the template and catalytic site must move relative to one another within the telomerase RNP to place the appropriate template residue in the active site. As base-pairing and nucleotide addition occur at one end of the template, base pair melting occurs at the other (Collins and Greider 1993; Wang and Blackburn, 1997; Hammond and Cech 1998; Benjamin et al. 2000; Forstemann and Lingner 2005). This un-pairing is thought to reduce the energy used for mediating the subsequent translocation step. Nucleotide addition can occur up until the template boundary which in hTERC is defined by a helix called P1b (Chen and Greider 2003).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
15189140 Regulation of telomerase by telomeric proteins

Smogorzewska, A, de Lange, T

Annu Rev Biochem 2004
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telomerase activity of Telomerase Holoenzyme Base-paired to the Telomeric Chromosome End with an Additional single Stranded Telomere repeat [nucleoplasm]

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