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. 1969 May;112(5):721–727. doi: 10.1042/bj1120721

Experimental conditions affecting ribonucleic acid polymerase in isolated rat liver nuclei. Effect of nucleoside triphosphate concentration, temperature, ammonium sulphate and heparin

F Novello 1, F Stirpe 1
PMCID: PMC1187776  PMID: 5821730

Abstract

1. The conditions affecting the activity of RNA polymerase in isolated rat liver nuclei were studied with Mg2+ or Mn2+ as activating ions. 2. The enzyme assayed with Mg2+ and at low ionic strength is saturated by a lower concentration of nucleotide substrates than if assayed with Mn2+ at low ionic strength or with either ion at high ionic strength. 3. At low and at high ionic strength the incorporation of AMP is affected in a similar way by variations in the temperature of incubation. Preincubation at 37° impairs the AMP incorporation. 4. Heparin stimulates the RNA polymerase activity in the presence of Mn2+. 5. Both ammonium sulphate and heparin `restart' the reaction if added after 15min., the effect being more marked with ammonium sulphate than with heparin, and also more marked in the presence of Mn2+ than of Mg2+. 6. α-Amanitin abolishes the effect of ammonium sulphate and of heparin.

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