Using a novel purification scheme and a new assay for detection of DNA kinase activity, a Polymin P-precipitable DNA kinase has been identified and characterized from calf thymus extracts. The DNA kinase activity was able to phosphorylate RNA as well as single-stranded and double-stranded DNA, therefore it has been termed Polymin P-precipitable polynucleotide kinase (PP-PNK). The enzyme had a neutral to alkaline, broad pH optimum that distinguished it from the previously described mammalian DNA kinases that have an acidic pH optimum. The sedimentation coefficient of the enzyme was 3.4-3.8 S, indicating a molecular weight of about 50 kDa. Estimates for the K$ sb{ rm M}$ for ATP were 52 $ mu$M and for the oligonucleotide substrate 8 $ mu$M. The activity was inhibited by pyrophosphate anions and to a lesser extent by sulfate anions. These results differentiate PP-PNK from other mammalian polynucleotide kinases.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.55524 |
Date | January 1994 |
Creators | Prinos, Panagiotis |
Contributors | Lasko, Dana (advisor), Rosenblatt, David (advisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
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