title: Three cytoplasmic DNA polymerases that utilize poly(rA).oligo(dT).
abstract: Three DNA polymerases that use poly(rA).oligo(dT) were partially purified from cytoplasmic extracts of cultured mouse cells (after removal of mitochondria), and characterized. One is similar to, and may be the same as, the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma. The other two enzymes, one 7.5 S and the other 3.6 S, share some properties with DNA polymerases beta and gamma, e.g. their responses to certain inhibitors; however, they are not clearly identified with any previously well-characterized mammalian DNA polymerases. It is also demonstrated that the response of DNA polymerase gamma to N-ethylmaleimide is template dependent, and that DNA polymerase alpha has an authentic (albeit small) activity with poly(rA).oligo(dT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0613.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goulian
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Grimm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011061:Poly A; C018368:poly(rA).oligo(dT); D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase