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. 1992 Aug 25;20(16):4355–4361. doi: 10.1093/nar/20.16.4355

Purification and characterization of a mammalian endo-exonuclease.

C Couture 1, T Y Chow 1
PMCID: PMC334147  PMID: 1324480

Abstract

An endo-exonuclease has been purified from cultured monkey (CV-1) cells. The enzyme which was purified to near homogeneity to be a 65 kDa monomeric protein. The single-strand DNase activity is endonucleolytic and nonprocessive, whereas the double-strand DNase activity is exonucleolytic and processive. The enzyme was also found to have RNase activity using poly-rA as substrate. The pH optimum for ss-DNase is 8 and for ds-DNase it is 7.5. Both DNase activities require a divalent metal ion (Mg2+, Mn2+, Ca2+, Zn2+) for activity and exhibit the same kinetics of heat inactivation. The purified protein binds to and cleaves a synthetic Holliday junction substrate. The overall enzymatic characteristics of the mammalian protein are very similar to the putative recombination endo-exonucleases purified from Neurospora crassa, Aspergillus nidulans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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