Maitra U, Huang H H
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1972 Jan;69(1):55-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.1.55.
Bacteriophage T3-induced RNA polymerase, upon copying its specific template, native T3 DNA, initiates RNA chains only with GTP. Denaturation of the DNA results in loss of template specificity for the polymerase. With denatured T3 DNA as template, T3 polymerase initiates RNA chains with both ATP and GTP, and the average length of the resulting RNA chains is markedly reduced. Studies of the polymerase reaction with native T3 DNA in vitro show that T3 polymerase is able to terminate RNA synthesis with the release of RNA chains from the template DNA. Polymerase is also released in the process and, acting catalytically, reinitiates new RNA chains. Many moles of RNA chains are thus formed per mole of polymerase added to the reaction mixture.
噬菌体T3诱导的RNA聚合酶在复制其特定模板——天然T3 DNA时,仅以GTP起始RNA链。DNA变性会导致聚合酶失去模板特异性。以变性的T3 DNA为模板时,T3聚合酶会以ATP和GTP起始RNA链,且所产生的RNA链的平均长度会显著缩短。体外对天然T3 DNA进行的聚合酶反应研究表明,T3聚合酶能够通过从模板DNA释放RNA链来终止RNA合成。聚合酶在此过程中也会被释放出来,并发挥催化作用重新起始新的RNA链。因此,每向反应混合物中添加一摩尔聚合酶,就会形成许多摩尔的RNA链。