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Title: Purification and characterization of an endonuclease from calf thymus acting on irradiated DNA

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7248543

An endonuclease acting on DNA exposed to ultraviolet light or gamma-rays was extensively purified from calf thymus. The enzyme has a pH optimum at pH 7.0 to 7.5, acts with equal efficiency in the presence of EDTA or divalent cations (Mg 2+ or Ca 2+), is inhibited by NaC1 and tRNA and is inactivated by incubation at 50 C. Its molecular weight, determined by Sephadex chromatography or SDS-gel electrophoresis, is + or - 30,000. The enzyme catalyzes the formation of single-strand breaks with 5'-phosphate termini in double-stranded DNA irradiated with ultraviolet or gamma-rays. It does not act on unirradiated DNA or denatured DNA. The enzymatic activity on ultraviolet- and gamma-irradiated DNA is associated with the same protein. The site of action of the enzyme in ultraviolet-irradiated DNA is a photoproduct other than pyrimidine dimers, and can also be induced by irradiation of the DNA in vivo. (Author) (GRA)

Research Organization:
Rijksverdedigingsorganisatie TNO, Rijswijk (Netherlands). Medisch Biologisch Lab. TNO
DOE Contract Number:
EURATOM-107-72-1-BIAN
OSTI ID:
7248543
Report Number(s):
N-75-24340; MBL-1974-35 TDCK-65576
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English