Abstract
DNA from T7 phage containing AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) sites was repaired by the successive actions of three chromatin enzymes [AP endodeoxyribonuclease, DNAase IV (5'----3'-exodeoxyribonuclease) and DNA polymerase-beta] prepared from rat liver and T4-phage DNA ligase. Since DNA ligase is also found in rat liver chromatin, all the activities used for the successful repair in vitro are thus present in the chromatin of a eukaryotic cell. Our results show, in particular, that the chromatin DNAase IV is capable of excising the AP site from the DNA strand nicked by the chromatin AP endodeoxyribonuclease. We did not try to combine all the enzymes, since competition between some of them might have prevented the repair; we have, for instance, shown that DNA ligase can seal the incision 5' to the AP site made by the AP endodeoxyribonuclease. Changes in chromatin structure during repair might perhaps prevent this competition when nuclear DNA is repaired in the living cell.
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