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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
20
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-2-29
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Micrococcus luteus extracts contain gamma-endonuclease, a Mg2+-independent endonuclease that cleaves gamma-irradiated DNA. This enzyme has been purified approximately 1000-fold, and the purified enzyme was used to study its substrate specificity and mechanism of action. gamma-Endonuclease cleaves DNA containing either thymine glycols, urea residues, or apurinic sites but not undamaged DNA or DNA containing reduced apurinic sites. The enzyme has both N-glycosylase activity that releases thymine glycol residues from OsO4-treated DNA and an associated apurinic endonuclease activity. The location and nature of the cleavage site produced has been determined with DNA sequencing techniques. gamma-Endonuclease cleaves DNA containing thymine glycols or apurinic sites immediately 3' to the damaged or missing base. Cleavage results in a 5'-phosphate terminus and a 3' baseless sugar residue. Cleavage sites can be converted to primers for DNA polymerase I by subsequent treatment with Escherichia coli exonuclease III. The mechanism of action of gamma-endonuclease and its substrate specificity are very similar to those identified for E. coli endonuclease III.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
0006-2960
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
6
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| pubmed:volume |
26
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
6436-43
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Mechanism of action of Micrococcus luteus gamma-endonuclease.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Cancer Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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