Human placental DNA polymerase delta: identification of a 170-kilodalton polypeptide by activity staining and immunoblotting

Journal Article · Tue Feb 24 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Biochemistry; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00378a014· OSTI ID:6528787

Lee, M Y.W.T.; Toomey, N L

DNA polymerase delta was isolated from human placenta and identified as such on the basis of its association with a 3'- to 5'-exonuclease activity. The association of the polymerase and exonuclease activities was maintained throughout purification and attempted separations by physical or electrophoretic methods. Moreover, ratios of the two activities remained constant during the purification steps, and both activities were inhibited by aphidicolin, oxidized glutathione, and n-ethylmaleimide. The purified enzyme had an estimated molecular weight of 172,000, on the basis of a Stokes radius of 53.6 A and a sedimentation coefficient of 7.8 S. On sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gel electrophoresis, polymerase delta preparations contained a band of ca. 170 kilodaltons (kDa) as well as several smaller polypeptides. The 170-kDa polypeptide was identified as the largest polypeptides component in the preparation possessing DNA polymerase activity by an activity staining procedure following gel electrophoresis in the presence of SDS. Western blotting of DNA polymerase delta with polyclonal antisera also revealed a single 170-kDa immunoreactive polypeptide. Monoclonal antibodies to KB cell polymerase ..cap alpha.. inhibited placental polymerase ..cap alpha.. but did not inhibit DNA polymerase delta, while the murine polyclonal antisera to polymerase delta inhibited delta but not ..cap alpha... These findings establish the existence of DNA polymerase delta in a human tissue and support the view that both its polymerase and its exonuclease activities may be associated with a single protein.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Miami School of Medicine, FL
• OSTI ID: 6528787
• Journal Information: Biochemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (United States) Vol. 26:4; ISSN BICHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DNA POLYMERASES
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ENZYMES
FETAL MEMBRANES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
MAMMALS
MAN
MEMBRANES
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
NUCLEI
NUCLEOTIDES
NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PEPTIDES
PHOSPHORUS 32
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
PHOSPHORUS-GROUP TRANSFERASES
PLACENTA
POLYMERASES
POLYPEPTIDES
PRIMATES
PROTEINS
RADIOASSAY
RADIOISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TRANSFERASES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES