Koehler D R, Hanawalt P C
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305-5020.
Biochem J. 1993 Jul 15;293 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):451-3. doi: 10.1042/bj2930451.
We have investigated the 3'-5'-exonuclease activity of phage T7 DNA polymerase for its usefulness as an approach for the detection of lesions in DNA. Unlike the T4 DNA polymerase-exonuclease, which is commonly used to map the position and frequency of lesions in very small DNA fragments, T7 DNA polymerase-exonuclease is able to hydrolyse almost completely the large fragments from KpnI-restricted mammalian DNA. However, we found that the exonuclease was also able to hydrolyse DNA containing several kinds of lesions: cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, thymine glycols, and mono-adducts of 4'-hydroxymethyl-4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen and 5'-methyl-isopsoralen. Modifications of the reaction conditions did not significantly alter the extent of hydrolysis. These properties distinguish the T7 DNA polymerase-exonuclease from the T4 DNA polymerase-exonuclease and make the T7 DNA polymerase-exonuclease unsuitable for detecting several types of lesions in DNA.
我们研究了噬菌体T7 DNA聚合酶的3'-5'-外切核酸酶活性,以评估其作为检测DNA损伤方法的实用性。与常用于绘制非常小的DNA片段中损伤位置和频率的T4 DNA聚合酶-外切核酸酶不同,T7 DNA聚合酶-外切核酸酶能够几乎完全水解来自KpnI酶切的哺乳动物DNA的大片段。然而,我们发现该外切核酸酶也能够水解含有多种损伤的DNA:环丁烷嘧啶二聚体、胸腺嘧啶乙二醇,以及4'-羟甲基-4,5',8-三甲基补骨脂素和5'-甲基异补骨脂素的单加合物。反应条件的改变并没有显著改变水解程度。这些特性将T7 DNA聚合酶-外切核酸酶与T4 DNA聚合酶-外切核酸酶区分开来,使得T7 DNA聚合酶-外切核酸酶不适用于检测DNA中的几种损伤类型。