title: Characterization of a thermostable DNA photolyase from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB27.
abstract: The photolyase gene from Thermus thermophilus was cloned and sequenced. The characteristic absorption and fluorescence spectra of the purified T. thermophilus photolyase suggested that the protein has flavin adenine dinucleotide as a chromophore. The second chromophore binding site was not conserved in T. thermophilus photolyase. The purified enzyme showed light-dependent photoreactivation activity in vitro at 35 and 65 degrees C and was stable when subjected to heat and acidic pH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuramitsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000032:analysis; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008027:Light; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013696:Temperature; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase