title: Isolation and characterization of a split B-type DNA polymerase from the archaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH.
abstract: We describe here the isolation and characterization of a B-type DNA polymerase (PolB) from the archaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum DeltaH. Uniquely, the catalytic domains of M. thermoautotrophicum PolB are encoded from two different genes, a feature that has not been observed as yet in other polymerases. The two genes were cloned, and the proteins were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified individually and as a complex. We demonstrate that both polypeptides are needed to form the active polymerase. Similar to other polymerases constituting the B-type family, PolB possesses both polymerase and 3'-5' exonuclease activities. We found that a homolog of replication protein A from M. thermoautotrophicum inhibits the PolB activity. The inhibition of DNA synthesis by replication protein A from M. thermoautotrophicum can be relieved by the addition of M. thermoautotrophicum homologs of replication factor C and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. The possible roles of PolB in M. thermoautotrophicum replication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. z-kelman@ski.mskcc.org
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kelman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pietrokovski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hurwitz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D017014:Methanobacterium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta