PMID:2829184
| Citation |
Bernstein, JA and Richardson, CC (1988) A 7-kDa region of the bacteriophage T7 gene 4 protein is required for primase but not for helicase activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85:396-400 |
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| Abstract |
Bacteriophage T7 gene 4 protein, purified from phage-infected cells, consists of a mixture of 56- and 63-kDa species that provides helicase and primase activities required for T7 DNA replication. The 56-kDa species has been purified independently of the colinear 63-kDa species. Like a mixture of the two proteins, the 56-kDa protein binds single-stranded DNA in the presence of dTTP, catalyzes DNA-dependent hydrolysis of dTTP, and has helicase activity. In contrast to the mixture, the 56-kDa protein cannot catalyze template-dependent RNA primer synthesis. In the absence of a DNA template, both the 56-kDa protein and the mixture of the two species synthesize low levels of diribonucleotide. A putative "zinc finger" present near the amino terminus of the 63-kDa protein but absent from the 56-kDa protein may play a major role in the recognition of primase sites in the template. |
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| Keywords |
DNA Helicases/genetics; DNA Primase; Escherichia coli/genetics; Genes; Genes, Viral; Models, Molecular; Molecular Weight; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Protein Conformation; RNA Nucleotidyltransferases/genetics; T-Phages/genetics; Viral Proteins/genetics; Viral Proteins/isolation & purification |
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