title: A 5' to 3' exonuclease functionally interacts with calf DNA polymerase epsilon.
abstract: Analysis of fractions containing purified DNA polymerase epsilon from calf thymus has revealed the presence of a 5' to 3' exonuclease activity that is specific for a single strand of duplex DNA. This activity is capable of degrading a 3'-labeled oligonucleotide hybridized to M13mp18 DNA. When a second oligonucleotide primer is annealed 3 bases upstream, degradation of the downstream primer is strictly dependent on DNA synthesis from the upstream primer. Replacement of the downstream primer by an oligoribonucleotide of identical sequence results in a similar pattern of exonucleolytic activity. The activity has been highly purified and found to cosediment in glycerol gradients with a peptide of 56 kDa as judged by SDS/PAGE analysis. Effects of calf DNA polymerase alpha and delta on exonuclease activity are also observed but with differences in the pattern of products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siegal
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Turchi
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bambara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004257:DNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005092:Exonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D004247:DNA; D004257:DNA Polymerase II; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D005092:Exonucleases