Fridlender B, Fry M, Bolden A, Weissbach A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1972 Feb;69(2):452-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.2.452.
Two DNA polymerases that can copy synthetic RNA polymers are present in human tissue culture cells. These enzymes which have each been purified about 500-fold, are present in both HeLa cells, which are derived from a cervical carcinoma, and in WI-38 cells, a normal diploid strain originating from human embryonic lung tissue. These synthetic RNA-dependent DNA polymerases are identified by their ability to copy efficiently the ribo strand of synthetic oligonucleotide-homopolymer complexes, and differ in this respect from the known DNA-dependent DNA polymerases found in HeLa cells. The template requirements of these new DNA polymerases resemble that of the RNA-dependent DNA polymerases of the RNA tumor-viruses.
人类组织培养细胞中存在两种能够复制合成RNA聚合物的DNA聚合酶。这两种酶均已被纯化了约500倍,存在于源自宫颈癌的HeLa细胞以及源自人胚胎肺组织的正常二倍体细胞系WI-38细胞中。这些合成RNA依赖性DNA聚合酶可通过高效复制合成寡核苷酸-均聚物复合物的核糖链的能力来鉴定,在这方面与HeLa细胞中发现的已知DNA依赖性DNA聚合酶不同。这些新的DNA聚合酶的模板需求类似于RNA肿瘤病毒的RNA依赖性DNA聚合酶。