Partial purification and properties of an exonuclease inhibitor induced by bacteriophage Mu-1

  • Williams J
  • Radding C
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From an induced lysogen of bacteriophage Mu-1, we partially purified a substance of high molecular weight that blocks the action of several exonucleases on double-stranded DNA. The presence of the inhibitor in cell-free extracts is dependent on induction of a Mu prophage. The Mu-related inhibitor acts by binding to double-stranded DNA rather than by interacting with the DNase. The inhibitor protects linear duplex DNA of Mu, P22, and phi X174am3 from exonucleolytic degradation by recBC DNase and lambda exonuclease. Single-stranded DNA, however, is not protected by the inhibitor from degradation by either recBC DNase or exonuclease I. The inhibitor preparation contains a protein that binds to linear duplex DNA, but not to circular duplex DNA; ends are required for binding to occur. Single-stranded DNA is not a substrate for the binding protein. These and other results suggest that the binding protein and the inhibitor are the same activity.

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Williams, J. G., & Radding, C. M. (1981). Partial purification and properties of an exonuclease inhibitor induced by bacteriophage Mu-1. Journal of Virology, 39(2), 548–558. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.39.2.548-558.1981

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