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Query: EC:2.7.7.6 (RNA polymerase)
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DNA-dependent RNA polymerase III (nucleosidetriphosphate: RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.-7.6) has been isolated and partially purified from calf thymus tissue. Significant amounts of enzyme III are present in this tissue (up to 15% of the total activity of thymus homogenates). This enzyme has been characterized with respect to its chromatographic properties, broad ammonium sulfate optimum (0.04-0.2 M), template requirements, divalent metal optima, and its unique alpha-amanitin sensitivity (50% inhibition of activity occurring at an alpha-amanitin concentration of 10 mug/ml).
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PMID:Partial purification and properties of calf thymus deoxyribonucleic acid dependent RNA polymerase III. 112 92

Factors affecting the inhibition of RNA polymerase II from rat liver by the O-n-octyloxime of 3-formylrifamycin SV (AF/013) were investigated. Using either native or denatured calf-thymus DNA as template, almost complete inhibition of RNA polymerase II was observed when AF/013 was added directly to the enzyme. Considerable resistance to AF/013 was observed when RNA polymerase II was preincubated with denatured DNA at either 0 or 37 degrees. However, under similar conditions, no resistance was observed when enzyme was preincubated with native DNA. Only when AF/013 was added to the ongoing reaction using native DNA did a resistance to AF/013 occur. The inhibition of RNA polymerase II by AF/013 was competitive with respect to all four nucleoside triphosphate substrates. The inhibition by AF/013 remaining after enzyme-DNA complex formation also appeared competitive with nucleoside triphosphate levels. The effect of exogenous protein (bovine serum albumin, BSA) on the inhibition of RNA polymerase II was also investigated. BSA reduced the extent of inhibition by AF/013, but did not alter the competitive nature of inhibition. Concurrently, the inhibition of highly purified nuclear poly(A) polymerase from rat liver, a template independent enzyme which incorporates AMP in a chain elongation reaction, was examined. As in the case of RNA polymerase, poly(A) polymerase was inhibited by AF/013 in a manner competitive with the nucleoside triphosphate substrate. The competitive nature of inhibition of RNA polymerase by AF/013 with respect to all four nucleoside triphosphate substrates, before and after enzyme-DNA complex formation, as well as the competitive nature of inhibition of poly(A) polymerase with respect to ATP tend to indicate that the major effect of AF/013 on RNA polymerase II is at the level of the substrate binding as opposed to a specific inhibition of initiation.
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PMID:Mechanism of inhibition of RNA polymerase II and poly(adenylic acid) polymerase by the O-n-octyloxime of 3-formylrifamycin SV. 116 99

Bovine lymphosarcoma tissue has been extracted with low- and high-salt buffers [0.05 M Tris-C1 plus or minus 0.3 M (NH4) 2S04]. Diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex chromatography of both the high-salt and low-salt extracts yields RNA polymerases I and II, although low-salt extraction releases only one-third as much activity. Extraction by high salt of the residue from the low-salt extract, followed by diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex chromatography, yields additional enzyme activity with properties of Form II. Purification of the low-salt extract by protamine precipitation, elution with sodium succinate, and phosphocellulose chromatography yields a preparation of RNA polymerase (RNAP) with hybrid properties, combining the salt optimum of Form I, diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex elution pattern of form II, and alpha-amanitin sensitivity of Form III. RNAP. transcribes native D,A and chromatin efficiently. More RNAPL is recovered from lymphosarcoma tissue than from calf thymus.
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PMID:RNA polymerase isolated from bovine lymphosarcoma by sequential low- and high-salt extraction. 117 19

Poly(A) polymerase has been extensively purified from low-salt extracts of bovine lymphosarcoma. The enzyme is Mn2+ dependent, requires an oligonucleotide or RNA primer, incorporates only adenosine triphosphate, and is inhibited by other ribonucleotides or deoxynucleotides. Oligoadenylate and ribosomal RNA are good primers for the enzyme; transfer RNA and poly(A) are poor. RNA transcribed in vitro by homologous RNA polymerase is an efficient primer. The properties of the enzyme are similar to the properties of the Mn2+ -activated poly(A) polymerase of calf thymus. Approximately the same amount of enzyme appears to be present in lymphosarcoma and calf thymus.
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PMID:Poly (A) polymerase of bovine lymphosarcoma. 117 55

DNA-dependent RNA polymerase was solubilized from nuclei of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells by sonic disruption in the presence of 0.3 M (NH4)2 SO4, and the multiple RNA polymerases were separated by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-25. Elution with a nine-step gradient of (NH4)2 SO4 yielded five peaks of activity designated RNA polymerases Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, and III, of which IIb was the most prominent. Linear-gradient elusion also yielded five peaks of the same designation, but Ia and Ib, as well as IIa and IIb, were not well separated. IIa and IIb were inhibited completely by 0.1 mug alpha-amanitin/ml, whereas the other forms were not. EAC RNA polymerases Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb possessed Mg2+ ion, Mn2+ ion, and (NH4)2 SO4 optima, molecular weights, and thermal sensitivities similar to those reported for other mammalian DNA-dependent RNA polymerases. As measured by relative ribonucleoside monophosphate incorporation, with native calf thymus DNA template, EAC RNA polymerases Ia and Ib synthesized ribosomal RNA-like products, whereas forms IIa, IIb, and the parent enzyme mixture synthesized compounds that were more similar to DNA. No species specificity was found for DNA templates, and denatured DNA was consistently preferred to the native template by RNA polymerases IIa and IIb; the two kinds of template were about equally efficient for RNA polymerases Ia and Ib. Although EAC RNA polymerases Ia, IIa, and IIb were inhibited by daunomycin, form IIa was preferentially affected. 3',5'-Cyclic AMP, 3',5'-Cyclic GMP, and gibberellic acid, implicated as RNA polymerase regulators in other systems, were generally ineffective. The levels of nuclear RNA polymerase activities, per mg DNA, of 3 mouse ascites tumors (EAC, 6C3HED lymphosarcoma, and TA3 adenocarcinoma) were compared with those from 3 normal mouse tissues (kidney, liver, and spleen). On the average, the tumor cell nuclei contained (per mg of DNA) 8.9, 1.5, 2.7, 20.0, and 3.8 times the activities of RNA polymerases Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, and III, respectively, as the normal cells, but the difference was significantly only for IIb.
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PMID:DNA-dependent RNA polymerases of Ehrlich carcinoma, other murine ascites tumors, and murine normal tissues. 117 42

DNA-dependent RNA polymerase was solubilized from normal and adenovirus-2 infected HeLa cells. Multiple peaks of enzyme activity were separated by DEAE-Sephadex chromatography. In addition to class A and B enzyme activities (respectively insensitive and sensitive to inhibition by 10 nM alpha-amanitin), three peaks of class C enzyme activity were found which are sensitive to inhibition by alpha-amanitin only at much higher concentrations (0.1 mM). Rechromatography of these class C peaks indicates that they are not chromatographic artifacts. Class C enzymes differ from class A and B enzymes by several criteria including inhibition by alpha-amanitin, immunological properties, and the ability to transcribe native calf thymus DNA at high ionic strength. However, the ionic strength optimum and the divalent cation requirements of class C enzymes are not invariant characteristics of the enzymes and are markedly dependent on the nature and the amount of template in the reaction. No differences, either qualitative or quantitative, were found between the multiple enzymes isolated from normal or adenovirus-2 infected cells. All of the partially purified HeLa cell RNA polymerases were able to transcribe an intact double-stranded adenovirus-2 DNA under conditions where no transcription occurred with purified calf thymus AI and B RNA polymerases. Since the multiple enzymes were devoid of endonuclease and exonuclease activities, the ability of the partially purified enzymes to transcribe adenovirus-2 DNA cannot be ascribed to initiation of RNA synthesis at nicks of single-stranded regions of the DNA. No differences in transcriptional ability between corresponding enzyme classes from normal or infected cells, but a comparison of the ability of the various enzyme classes to transcribe intact viral DNA revealed large differences. Although partially purified HeLa class A and B enzymes were able to initiate on the intact viral DNA to a limited extent only, it appears that the class C enzymes transcribe intact duplex DNA much more efficiently than any other class of eukaryotic polymerase yet reported.
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PMID:Animal DNA-dependent RNA polymerases. Partial purification and properties of three classes of RNA polymerases from uninfected and adenovirus-infected HeLa cells. 118 37

A thymic factor causes a strong inhibition of the DNA-directed RNA polymerase reaction in vitro. The active factor was isolated from aqueous ultrafiltered thymus extracts and purified by means of chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and then on Dowex 50 WX2. The purified thymic factor was characterized as a peptide of low molecular weight (less than 5000). The biological activity of the thymic factor cannot be attributed to the presence of a nuclease or of a histone fragment. The RNA synthesis is controlled by this factor by means of electrostatic interactions between the peptide compound and DNA. Inhibitory activity on RNA synthesis was absent from kidney extracts.
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PMID:Evidence for the presence in calf thymus of a peptidic factor controlling DNA transcription in vitro. 119 3

Hen ovidcut and liver class B RNA polymerases have been extensively purified and their molecular structure has been analysed. While only one enzyme B form (BIIb) was found in liver, three forms (BI, BIIa and BIIb) were resolved from oviduct. The molecular structures of the various class B RNA polymerase forms purified from hen oviduct and liver are identical to the corresponding forms previously purified from calf thymus and rat liver. At the present level of resolution the only difference lies in a slight difference in the charge of one subunit (SB2a) of enzyme form BIIa, when comparing the mammal and bird enzymes. It is unlikely that the absence of enzyme forms BI and BIIa in purified hen liver RNA polymerase B could be related to limited and specific proteolysis during the purification, since co-purification of oviduct and liver RNA polymerase B activities from a mixture of oviduct and liver nuclei does not affect the presence of either oviduct enzyme form BI or BIIa in the final purified mixture.
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PMID:Animal DNA-dependent RNA polymerases. Purification and molecular structure of hen-oviduct and liver class-B RNA polymerases. 124 80

RNA polymerase I was purified from chromatin isolated from auxin-treated soybean hypocotyl. Purification was achieved by using Agarose A-1.5m gel filtration, DEAE-cellulose, CM-sephadex, and phosphocellulose chromatography, and sucrose density gradient centrifugation. With denatured calf thymus DNA as template, the enzyme has a high specific activity (200-300 nmol/mg/30 min at 28 degrees C) which is comparable to other RNA polymerase I enzymes purified from animals and yeast. While the gel profiles indicate that purification to homogeneity (greater than 90%) may not have been achieved, the enzyme appears to be composed of possibly 7 subunits, several of which are similar to the subunits of yeast RNA polymerase I. The putative subunits and molar ratios are 183 000 (1), 136 000 (1), 50 000 (0.5), 46 000 (0.5), 40 000 (0.5), 33 000 (0.2), and 28 000 (2). The purified enzyme strongly prefers a completely denatured template such as poly(dC).
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PMID:Purification and characterization of RNA polymerase I from a higher plant. 124 49

The treatment of KB cells with viral proteins solubilized from frog virus 3 particles (SVE) induced a rapid shutoff of host RNA synthesis. The RNA polymerase activities of SVE-treated cells were drastically depressed, corresonding, at least for RNA polymerase B, to a decrease in the number of enzyme molecules. In vitro, SVE had no direct effect on RNA polymerases but was capable of binding with calf thymus DNA to form an SVE-DNA complex modifying the template capacity. The effect of SVE on a transcription system consisting of cell lysates would suggest that cytoplasmic factors are necessary for expression of the inhibitory capacity of SVE.
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PMID:Proteins solubilized from frog virus 3 particles: effect on transcription. 125 75


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