• BMB Reports
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.24-27
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• 2005

The role of 3' exonuclease excision in DNA polymerization was evaluated for primer extension using inert allele specific primers with exonuclease-digestible ddNMP at their 3' termini. Efficient primer extension was observed in amplicons where the inert allele specific primers and their corresponding templates were mismatched. However, no primer-extended products were yielded by matched amplicons with inert primers. As a control, polymerase without proofreading activity failed to yield primer extended products from inert primers regardless of whether the primers and templates were matched or mismatched. These data indicated that activation was undertaken for the inert allele specific primers through mismatch proofreading. Complementary to our previously developed SNP-operated on/off switch, in which DNA polymerization only occurs in matched amplicon, this new mutation detection assay mediated by $exo^+$ DNA polymerases has immediate applications in SNP analysis independently or in combination of the two assays.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2002

The sequence of 3,221 nucleotides immediately adjacent to rpsA gene encoding 30S ribosomal protein S1 of Brevibacterium ammoniagenes was determined. A putative open reading frame (ORF) of 2,670 nucleotides for a polypeptide of 889 amino acid residues and a TAG stop codon was found, which is located at a distance of 723 nucleotides upstream from rpsA gene with same translational direction. The deduced amino acid sequence of the ORF was found to be highly homologous to the DNA polymerase I of Streptomyces griseus (75.48％), Rhodococcus sp. ATCC 15963 (56.69％), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (55.46％) and Mycobacterium leprae (53.99％). It was suggested that the predicted product of the ORF is a DNA polymerase I with three functional domains. Two domains of 5 → 3 exonuclease and DNA polymerase are highly conserved with other DNA polymerase I, but 3 → 5 exonuclease domain is less conserved.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.585-589
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• 1998

The herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1)-encoded DNA polymerase consists of two subunits, the products of the UL30 and UL42 genes. UL30 and UL42 were coexpressed in Sf9 cells infected with recombinant baculoviruses carrying the two genes. The UL30 and UL42 gene products remained tightly associated throughout the purification, which led to a near homogeneous heterodimer composed of the DNA polymerase and UL42 protein. The DNA polymerase-UL42 protein heterodimer, purified from the recombinant baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells, showed the same high degree of processivity of deoxynucleotide polymerization as the enzyme purified from the HSV-1 infected primate cells. Like the latter, it contained a 3'-5' exonuclease activity that specifically hydrolyzes an incorrectly matched nucleotide at the 3' terminus of a primer, thereby contributing to the fidelity of DNA replication.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.529-532
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• 2003

The potential physiological role and technological application of the premature termination of DNA polymerization through the off-switch of exo+ polymerases were studied using 3' phosphorothioate-modified or unmodified primers with single base mismatch distal to the 3' terminus. With exonuclease-digestible unmodified primers, a gradient premature termination of DNA polymerization was observed when amplified with exo+ polymerases. With 3' allele specific phosphorothioate-modified primers, an efficient off-switch effect occurred in the discrimination of a single nucleotide polymorphism when directly using genomic DNA. Clearly, the off-switch of exo+ polymerases is useful in biomedical research.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제65권5호
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• pp.397-400
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• 2021

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1359-1367
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• 2005

The gene encoding Pyrobaculum arsenaticum DNA polymerase (Par DNA polymerase) was cloned and sequenced. The gene consists of 2,361 bp coding for a protein with 786 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of Par DNA polymerase showed a high similarity to archaeal family B-type DNA polymerases (Group I), and contained all of the motifs conserved in the family B-type DNA polymerases for $3'{\rightarrow}5'$ exonuclease and polymerase activities. The Par DNA polymerase gene was expressed under the control of the T7lac promoter on the expression vector pET-22b(+) in Escherichia coli BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RP. The expressed enzyme was purified by heat treatment, and Cibacron blue 3GA and $Hirap^{TM}$ Heparin HP column chromatographies. The optimum pH of the purified enzyme was 7.5. The enzyme activity was activated by divalent cations, and was inhibited by EDTA and monovalent cations. The half-life of the enzyme at $95^{\circ}C$ was 6 h. Par DNA polymerase possessed associated $3'{\rightarrow}5'$ proofreading exonuclease activity, which is consistent with its deduced amino acid sequence. PCR experiment with Par DNA polymerase showed an amplified product, indicating that this enzyme might be useful in DNA amplification and PCR-based applications.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.158-162
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• 2010

고온균 Thermus thermophilus HJ6 유래의 N-말단 결실 Tod polymerase($\Delta$Tod polymerase)는 온도 감수성 프로모터 (lambda pR and pL)를 포함하는 pJLA503 벡터를 이용하여 대장균에서 발현하였다. N-말단 250개 아미노산이 제거된 $\Delta$Tod polymerase는 5'$\rightarrow$3' exonuclease 활성은 없어지고 DNA 중합반응의 활성은 그대로 유지되었다. $\Delta$Tod polymerase는 $MgCl_2$의 존재 하에서 매우 효율적으로 역전사 반응과 PCR 반응을 수행하였다. 또한 $\Delta$Tod polymerase는 one-step RT-PCR 반응에서 Taq polymerase 보다 높은 cDNA 증폭 효율을 나타내었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.126-132
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• 2000

The hepadnaviruses replicate their nucleic acid through a reverse transcription step. The MBP-fused HBV polymerase was expressed in E. coli and purified by using amylase affinity column chromatography. The purified protein represented DNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity. In this report, the MBP-HBV polymerase was shown to lack 3'$\rightarrow$5' exonuclease activity, like other retroviral RTs. The ratio of the insertion efficiency for the wrong versus right vase pairs indicates the misinsertion frequency (f). The nucleotide insertion fidelity (1/f), observed with the MBP-HBV polymerase and HIV-1 RT, was between 60 and 54,000, and between 50 and 73,000, respectively, showing that they are in close range. A relatively efficient nucleotide incorporation by the MBP-HBV polymerase was observed with a specificity of three groups: (1) A : T, T : A>C : G, G : C (matched pairs), (2) A : C, C : A>G: T, T : G (purine-pyrimidine and pyrimidine-purine mispairs), and (3) C : C, A : A, G : G, T : T>T : C, C : T>A : G, G : A (purine-purine or pyrimidine-pyrimidine mispairs), and their order is (1)>(2)>(3). The data from the nucleotide insertion fidelity by the MBP-HBV polymerase suggest that the HBV polymerase may be as error-prone as HIV-1 RT.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 1993

백색 부후균인 plaurotus ostreatus 의 4가지의 균주로부터 각각 10.2 kb 와 7.2 kb (NFFA 2), 두 종류의 10.2 kb (NFFA 4001) 11.2 kb (NFFA 4501), 10.2kb 와 11.2 kb(KFCC 11635) 크기의 미토콘드리아 플라스미드들을 분리해 내었다. NFFA 2 의 변종인 NFFA 2m1 과 NFFA 2m2 에서는 이들 플라스미드가 관찰되지 않았다. 분별 원심분리에 의해 얻은 미토콘드리아에서 핵산을 추출하여 agarose gel 에서 전기영동시키면 플라스미드가 관찰되지 않았으나 proteinase K 를 처리하고 핵산을 추출하여 전기영동한 결과 이들 플라스미드가 관찰되었는에, 이는 플라스미드상에 단백질인 결합되어 있음을 시사한다. Proteinase K 를 처리한 플라스미드 DNA 와 exonuclease 를 반응시킨 결과, 이들 플라스미드들은 5'말단에 단백질이 결합된 성형 이중가닥 DNA의 구조를 가진 것을 확인하였다. 각 플라스미드들의 상호관계를 조사하기 위하여 Southern hybridization 을 수행한 결과 최소 3가지 종류의 플라스미드들로 분류할 수 있었다. 이중 한 그룹 (group I) 은 모든 P. ostreatus 균주들에서 공통적으로 발견되었다. Pleurotus 속의 5가지 다른 종(P. cornucopiae, P. florida, P. pulmonarius, P. sajor-cuja, P. spodoleucus) 의 균주들로부터 미토콘드리아 플라스미드들을 분리하였다. 이들은 한균주당 1-4 개 까지의 플라스미드를 가지며, 플라스미드의 크기는 7.2 kb-14kb 범위에 있었다. P. ostreatus 의 NFFA 2 의 10.2 kb(group I) 플라스미드와 hybridization 을 수행한 결과 P. cornucopiae ASI 2011을 제외한 다른 모든 균주들이 유사한 염기서열의 플라스미드를 갖고 있음을 알았다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.73-79
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• 1987

A restriction endonuclease, Kpn I has been isolated from Klebsiella pneumonia. Cells were broken by sonication. After ultracentrifugation the supernatant containing Kpn I activity was further purified by Sepharose-6B gel filtration, DEAD-Cellulose, Heparin-Agarose, and Aminohexyl-Agarose column chromatography. Final enzyme preparation was essentially free of contamination exonuclease and phosphatase, as judged by ligation-recut test. Total activity of the enzyme recovered from 10 grams of cells was $4.7\times 10^5$ units.