title: Purification of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA polymerase from infected insect cells.
abstract: Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) DNA polymerase was purified from virus-infected cells using conventional chromatographic methods. The enzymatic activity of fractions eluting from single-stranded agarose gels was found to exactly coincide with a single polypeptide with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 110,000 Da on denaturing polyacrylamide gels stained with Coomassie blue. This purification scheme resulted in a 228-fold purification of AcMNPV DNA polymerase with recovery of 3.5% of the initial activity. The specific activity of the most purified fraction of DNA polymerase was 5000 units/mg, which is sufficiently high to eliminate the possibility that contaminants significantly contribute to the polymerase activity. Preparations of purified DNA polymerase had 3'-5' exonuclease activity, but no 5'-3' exonuclease activity. The proofreading activity was apparently an intrinsic property of the enzyme as the ratio of nuclease activity to polymerase activity was constant throughout purification. Using a singly-primed M13 DNA template, RF-II DNA was detected within 3 min, indicating a polymerization rate of 40 nt/s. The effects of several DNA polymerase inhibitors on the enzymatic activity of purified DNA polymerase were also determined.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry & Biophysics1 and Entomology2, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry & Biophysics1 and Entomology2, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA.
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Guarino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D043211:Exodeoxyribonuclease V; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000201:enzymology*; D018411:Spodoptera
chemical_list: D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases; D043211:Exodeoxyribonuclease V