Binding of HeLa DNA‐polymerase α to blue dextran: A possible artefact in molecular weight determination by gel filtration
Binding of HeLa DNA‐polymerase α to blue dextran: A possible artefact in molecular weight determination by gel filtration
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HeLa DNA聚合酶α与蓝色右旋糖酐的结合:凝胶过滤分子量测定中可能的假象
DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(76)80166-4
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发表时间:
1976
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
P. Jeanteur
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作者:
C. Brissac;M. Rucheton;C. Brunei;P. Jeanteur
We have previously described the isolation of a major soluble cytoplasmic protein fraction from HeLa cells by chromatography on poly (A)-Sepharose [1]. This protein fraction is eluted from the poly (A) column by 0.2 M NaCl and appears to contain a major species of 38 000 daltons by SDS-acrylamide gel electrophoresis along with several minor bands. In the course of a systematic search for enzymes in this fraction, we have looked for a DNA-dependent DNA-polymerase activity. The present paper reports on the presence of such an activity. Its physico-chemical and enzymological characteristics, which are those of the (Y DNA-polymerase [2, 3], clearly distinguish it from the major polypeptide of 38 000 daltons present in the above protein fraction.During the course of this study, it was observed that the polymerase could bind to the Blue Dextran used to measure the void volume of Sephadex columns. It is the purpose of this paper to bring attention to this artefact which may be misleading in the interpretation of gel filtration data in terms of molecular shape [4].