Analysis of cleavage products of DNA repair enzymes and other nucleases. Characterization of an apurinic/apyrimidinic specific endonuclease from mouse plasmacytoma cells.
We have developed a strategy by which the nature of phosphodiester bond breaks produced by various DNA-repair endonucleases and also other nucleases, can be characterized. A purified apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) specific endonuclease from a permanently established mouse plasmacytoma cell-line (MPC-11) has been examined with respect to the exact incision site generated at the baseless site. By the aid of enzymatic treatment with calf intestinal phosphatase, the 3'-phosphatase activity of T4-polynucleotide kinase, chemical modification with piperidine in addition to the Maxam-Gilbert sequencing procedure, followed by separation on a DNA-sequencing gel, the nature of the cleaved phosphodiester bond, both 3' and 5' to the cleavage site, has been established. The AP-specific endonuclease investigated was classified as a class II AP-endonuclease according to the four possible classes of AP-endonuclease with respect to the termini produced. By use of this technique each single damaged and cleaved site can be investigated separately.
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Laboratory of Biotechnology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Helland
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Kleppe
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D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004260:DNA Repair; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase; D043223:Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D043223:Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase