title: The use of thioglycollate to demonstrate DNA AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic-site) lyase activities. Biological consequences of thiol addition to the 5' product of a beta-elimination reaction at an AP site in DNA.
abstract: Thioglycollate reacts with the 5' product of AP lyase activity on apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites in DNA. The 3'-terminal thioglycollate-unsaturated sugar 5-phosphate adduct can be released by the use of Escherichia coli endonuclease IV or endonuclease VI, and identified by DEAE-Sephadex chromatography. In contrast, the mammalian AP endonuclease is unable to excise a 3'-terminal thiol-unsaturated sugar adduct; this lesion, which must sometimes occur in vivo, might be irreparable and have pathological consequences.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bricteux-Grégoire
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Verly
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase; D043223:Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008190:Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D013864:Thioglycolates
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D013864:Thioglycolates; D004247:DNA; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D043223:Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); C468972:endonuclease IV, E coli; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D008190:Lyases; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase