PMID:9632699
| Citation |
Sun, W and Godson, GN (1998) Synthesis of polyribonucleotide chains from the 3'-hydroxyl terminus of oligodeoxynucleotides by Escherichia coli primase. J. Biol. Chem. 273:16358-65 |
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| Abstract |
Escherichia coli primase synthesizes RNA primers on DNA templates for the initiation of DNA replication. The sole known activity of primase is to catalyze synthesis of short RNA chains de novo. We now report a novel activity of primase, namely that it can synthesize RNA from the 3'-hydroxyl terminus of a pre-existing oligodeoxynucleotide. The oligonucleotide-primed synthesis of RNA by primase occurs in both of the G4oric-specific priming system and the dnaB protein associated general priming system. This priming reaction of primase is verified by a number of biochemical methods, including inhibition by modified 3'-phosphate of oligonucleotides and deoxyribonuclease I and ribonuclease H cleavages. We also show that the primed RNA is an effective primer for the synthesis of DNA chain by E. coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. The significance of this finding to primases generating multimeric length RNA is discussed. |
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| Keywords |
Base Sequence; DNA Polymerase III/metabolism; DNA Primase/metabolism; DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism; Deoxyribonuclease I/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism; Polyribonucleotides/biosynthesis; RNA/biosynthesis; RNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis; Ribonuclease H/metabolism |
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