DNA-POLYMERASE-BETA CONDUCTS THE GAP-FILLING STEP IN URACIL-INITIATED BASE EXCISION-REPAIR IN A BOVINE TESTIS NUCLEAR EXTRACT
DNA-POLYMERASE-BETA CONDUCTS THE GAP-FILLING STEP IN URACIL-INITIATED BASE EXCISION-REPAIR IN A BOVINE TESTIS NUCLEAR EXTRACT
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.270.2.949
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发表时间:
1995-01-13
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
WILSON, SH
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作者:
SINGHAL, RK;PRASAD, R;WILSON, SH
The GU mismatch in genomic DNA mainly arises from deamination of cytosine residues and is repaired by the base excision repair pathway, We found that a bovine testis crude nuclear extract conducts uracil-initiated base excision repair in vitro. A 51-base pair synthetic DNA substrate containing a single G:U mismatch was used, and incorporation of dCMP during repair was exclusively to replace uracil. A neutralizing polyclonal antibody against DNA polymerase beta (beta-pol) inhibited the repair reaction, ddCTP also inhibited the repair reaction, whereas aphidicolin had no significant effect, suggesting that activity of beta-pol was required, Next, the base excision repair system was reconstituted using partially purified components. Several of the enzymatic activities required were resolved, such that DNA Ligase and the uracil-DNA glycosylase/apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease activities were separated from the DNA polymerase requirement. We found that purified beta-pol could restore full DNA repair activity to the DNA polymerase-depleted fraction, whereas purified DNA polymerases alpha, delta, and epsilon could not, These results with purified proteins corroborated results obtained with the crude extract and indicate that beta-pol is responsible for the single-nucleotide gap filling reaction involved in this in vitro base excision repair system.