Friedman J, Razin A
Nucleic Acids Res. 1976 Oct;3(10):2665-75. doi: 10.1093/nar/3.10.2665.
In vivo inhibition of bacteriophage phiX174 DNA methylation by nicotinamide resulted in the accumulation of replicative intermediates with multiple-genome length single-stranded "tails". These abnormal replicative intermediates could not be chased into viral single-stranded circular DNA. The effect of nicotinamide on phage maturation and accumulation of abnormal replicative intermediates could be reversed by washing out the inhibitor. The results suggest that the single methyl group present in the viral DNA serves as a recognition site for a specific endonuclease, probably the gene A protein product, that is responsible for the excision of the single-stranded one-genome long viral DNA, before final maturation of the virus occurs.
烟酰胺在体内对噬菌体phiX174 DNA甲基化的抑制作用导致了具有多基因组长度单链“尾巴”的复制中间体的积累。这些异常的复制中间体无法转化为病毒单链环状DNA。通过洗脱抑制剂,烟酰胺对噬菌体成熟和异常复制中间体积累的影响可以逆转。结果表明,病毒DNA中存在的单个甲基作为一种特定核酸内切酶的识别位点,可能是基因A蛋白产物,在病毒最终成熟之前,该酶负责切除单链单基因组长度的病毒DNA。