Center M S, Studier F W, Richardson C C
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1970 Jan;65(1):242-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.65.1.242.
Infection of Escherichia coli with bacteriophage T7 results in the appearance of an endonuclease activity capable of hydrolyzing both double-and single-stranded DNA. Treatment with chloramphenicol prevents the induction of the endonuclease. Amber mutants of phage T7 defective in gene 3 are unable to produce the enzyme after infection of the nonpermissive host, and mutants that produce a heat-labile endonuclease were found, indicating that this gene is the structural gene for the enzyme. Gene 3 mutants synthesize only a limited amount of DNA. In addition, they are defective in carrying out the degradation of host DNA, suggesting that the gene 3 endonuclease is involved in this function.
用噬菌体T7感染大肠杆菌会导致一种核酸内切酶活性的出现,该活性能够水解双链和单链DNA。用氯霉素处理可阻止核酸内切酶的诱导。噬菌体T7基因3有缺陷的琥珀突变体在感染非允许宿主后无法产生该酶,并且发现了产生热不稳定核酸内切酶的突变体,这表明该基因是该酶的结构基因。基因3突变体仅合成有限量的DNA。此外,它们在进行宿主DNA降解方面存在缺陷,这表明基因3核酸内切酶参与了这一功能。