title: An improved method for the purification of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli.
abstract: DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli was purified further by elution through heparin-Sepharose CL-6B column after the enzyme was obtained, partially purified, using Burgess and Jendrisak's method [(1975)Biochemistry 14, 4634] The total yield of the pure protein was 10 mg from 50 g of E.coli cells. The method was found to be very reproducible and convenient. The enzyme preparation had 60% active molecules and the elongation rate of RNA synthesis by this enzyme was measured to be 11 bases/s over delta D111 T7 DNA.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chatterji
mesh_terms: D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D008722:Methods
chemical_list: D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases