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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Studies of nucleic acid homology suggest the BGLF5 open reading frame of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encodes an alkaline deoxyribonuclease (DNase) sharing some homology with that of herpes simplex virus. We report here the expression of the BGLF5 open reading frame in E. coli and the expression of high levels of a novel alkaline DNase activity in induced cells. This alkaline DNase has been purified to apparent homogeneity as a single protein species. This is the first report of the expression of a herpesvirus coded DNase in a prokaryotic system and of the purification of the EBV DNase to demonstrable purity. It has the biochemical characteristics of a typical herpesvirus alkaline exonuclease showing a high pH optimum, an absolute requirement for Mg2+ for activity and sensitivity to high salt concentrations and polyamines. The enzyme activity was neutralized by sera from patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and was reactive with these sera in Western blot analysis. Thus the prokaryotic expression system described here provides an economical and efficient source of the EBV DNase for biochemical and seroepidemiological analysis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7609-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The characterization of the EBV alkaline deoxyribonuclease cloned and expressed in E. coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital and holt Radium Institute, Manchester, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't