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. 1971 Feb;121(4):613–620. doi: 10.1042/bj1210613

Nucleic acid enzymology of extremely halophilic bacteria. Halobacterium cutirubrum polynucleotide phosphorylase

Pearl I Peterkin 1, P S Fitt 1
PMCID: PMC1176637  PMID: 5114973

Abstract

1. Polynucleotide phosphorylase was purified 200-fold from Halobacterium cutirubrum. 2. It is membrane-associated and can be solubilized by sonication. 3. The purified enzyme requires a high ionic strength for both stability and activity. 4. It is Mn2+-dependent, has all three typical polynucleotide phosphorylase activities and is specific for nucleoside diphosphates. 5. The enzyme is of low molecular weight.

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