Cleavage of single-stranded DNA by the A and A*proteins of bacteriophage φX174

Autor: J.M. de Winter, Peter Weisbeek, S.A. Langeveld, A.D.M. van Mansfeld
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: Nucleic Acids Research. 7:2177-2188
ISSN: 1362-4962
0305-1048
DOI: 10.1093/nar/7.8.2177
Popis: The purified A protein and A* protein of bacteriophage phi X174 have been tested for endonuclease activity on single stranded viral phi X174 DNA. The A protein (55.000 daltons) nicks single-stranded DNA in the same way and at the same place as it does superhelical RFI DNA, at the origin of DNA replication. The A* protein (37.000 daltons) can cleave the single-stranded viral DNA at many different sites. It has however a strong preference for the origin of replication. Both proteins generate 3'OH ends and blocked 5' termini at the nick site.
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