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Properties of the 5'-->3' exonuclease/ribonuclease H activity of Thermus thermophilus DNA polymerase. 1995

T Auer, and P A Landre, and T W Myers
Program in Core Research, Roche Molecular Systems, Alameda, California 94501, USA.

The recombinant 94 kDa Thermus thermophilus DNA polymerase (rTth pol) was found to release [33P]UMP when incubated with a RNA.DNA hybrid containing a [33P]UMP-labeled RNA strand. The RNase H activity was optimally active in the presence of low monovalent salt concentrations and when Mn2+ was used as the divalent cation activator. RNase H activity also was observed when Mg2+ replaced the Mn2+, but to a much lesser extent. A 60 nucleotide long, 5'- or 3'-radiolabeled RNA or DNA oligomer hybridized to a complementary DNA oligomer was used to determine the mode of digestion. The radiolabeled RNA.DNA hybrid or DNA.DNA duplex was incubated with rTth pol using various metal ion conditions and different incubation times. The DNA.DNA duplex showed very little enzymatic cleavage by rTth pol regardless of the Mn2+ or Mg2+ concentration. However, nearly complete digestion of the RNA.DNA hybrid was observed over a wide Mn2+ concentration range, thus demonstrating a preferential degradation of the RNA.DNA hybrid vs the DNA.DNA duplex. Time course reactions of the enzymatic digestion of the 3'-labeled RNA.DNA hybrid or DNA.DNA duplex by rTth pol indicated that digestion of the substrates occurred exonucleolytically in the 5'-->3' direction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D011994 Recombinant Proteins Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Biosynthetic Protein,Biosynthetic Proteins,DNA Recombinant Proteins,Recombinant Protein,Proteins, Biosynthetic,Proteins, Recombinant DNA,DNA Proteins, Recombinant,Protein, Biosynthetic,Protein, Recombinant,Proteins, DNA Recombinant,Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant DNA Proteins,Recombinant Proteins, DNA
D004259 DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase DNA-dependent DNA polymerases found in bacteria, animal and plant cells. During the replication process, these enzymes catalyze the addition of deoxyribonucleotide residues to the end of a DNA strand in the presence of DNA as template-primer. They also possess exonuclease activity and therefore function in DNA repair. DNA Polymerase,DNA Polymerases,DNA-Dependent DNA Polymerases,DNA Polymerase N3,DNA Dependent DNA Polymerases,DNA Directed DNA Polymerase,DNA Polymerase, DNA-Directed,DNA Polymerases, DNA-Dependent,Polymerase N3, DNA,Polymerase, DNA,Polymerase, DNA-Directed DNA,Polymerases, DNA,Polymerases, DNA-Dependent DNA
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities
D014158 Transcription, Genetic The biosynthesis of RNA carried out on a template of DNA. The biosynthesis of DNA from an RNA template is called REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION. Genetic Transcription
D016963 Thermus thermophilus A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in hot springs of neutral to alkaline pH, as well as in hot-water heaters.
D018076 DNA, Complementary Single-stranded complementary DNA synthesized from an RNA template by the action of RNA-dependent DNA polymerase. cDNA (i.e., complementary DNA, not circular DNA, not C-DNA) is used in a variety of molecular cloning experiments as well as serving as a specific hybridization probe. Complementary DNA,cDNA,cDNA Probes,Probes, cDNA

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