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. 1977 Oct;24(1):177–193. doi: 10.1128/jvi.24.1.177-193.1977

Role of the T5 gene D15 nuclease in the generation of nicked bacteriophage T5 DNA.

R W Moyer, C T Rothe
PMCID: PMC515921  PMID: 904023

Abstract

The processing of newly replicated concatameric T5 DNA into both single stranded DNA changed of unit length and single-stranded fragments of sizes comparable to those found in mature T5 virion DNA occurs in the absence of late T5 protein synthesis. The formation of unit-length, single-stranded DNA chains does not require the early T5 gene D15 nuclease: however, the subsequent formation of the single-stranded fragments does require that the D15 nuclease be functional. A reexamination of the properties of the purified D15 nuclease under a variety of conditions showed that, in addition to functioning as a 5' leads to 3' exonuclease, the enzyme can also introduce endonucleolytic scissions into mature T5 DNA in a reaction that requires duplex T5 DNA and preexisting, single-stranded interruptions.

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