title: 3'-Amino thymidine affinity matrix for the purification of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase.
abstract: A simple procedure for preparation of an affinity resin with 3'-amino thymidine linked to the carboxyl residues on 6-amino-hexanoic agarose is described. We have used this column for a rapid and simple purification of the thymidine kinase encoded by the herpes simplex virus type 1 genome. This resin has two major advantages over the most widely use used resin made with thymidine-p-nitrophenyl phosphate: first it is easily obtainable, and second, it is not subject to destruction by phosphodiesterases. The two resins are very similar in behavior and the resin made with amino thymidine has allowed us to prepare large quantities of highly purified HSV TK for crystallization studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8040, USA.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Respass
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013936:Thymidine; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D013936:Thymidine