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The myelogenous leukemia cell line K-562 with a Ph1+chromosome, derived from a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia in terminal blastic crisis, is not a bone marrow-derived lymphoblastic cell line, because the cells neither produce immunoglobulins nor possess complement receptors. Since it has been suspected that blasts found in some patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in blastic crisis might be thymus-derived cells, we have studied several parameters to demonstrate that K-562 cells are not thymus-derived lymphoblasts. The results of this study show: (a) no cross-reactivity of antisera to K-562 cells with normal human thymocytes; (b) lack of cytotoxicity of a specific horse anti-human thymocyte globulin for K-562 cells; (c) failure of the treatment of K-562 cells with bovine thymosin to induce antigenic determinant and erythrocyte rosette receptors on K-562 cells; (d) presence of receptors for the Fc portion of immunoglobulin G; (e) absence of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; and (f) cytotoxicity of monkey antiserum to K-562 cells for malignant thymus-derived cells (Molt-4). However, absorption with Molt-4 cells abolished the cross-reactivity with Molt-4 cells, whereas 60% of the antibody to K-562 cells remained in the immune serum. Studies of DNA polymerase activities revealed that K-562 cells have levels of polymerase alpha and beta, like other proliferating cells, and an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity, presumably representing polymerase gamma.
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PMID:Absence of thymus-derived lymphocyte markers in myelogenous leukemia (Ph1+) cell line K-562. 6 24

Sindbis virus 42 S RNA was efficiently transcribed into complementary DNA (CDNA) by avian myeloblastosis virus alphabeta DNA polymerase using oligo- (dT) or single-stranded calf thymus DNA as primers. Both of the Sindbis virus cDNA products were able to protect 60% of 125I-labeled Sindbis virus RNA, at near equal weight ratios, from RNAase A and T1 digestion. Using hybridization kinetics, the Crt 1/2 value for hybridization of the calf thymus-primed cDNA product with excess Sindbis RNA was determined to be 1.8 9 10-2 mol . s . 1-1. Thes data demonstrate that the Sindbis virus cDNA products are relatively uniform representations of Sindbis virus RNA sequences.
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PMID:Synthesis of Sindbis virus complementary DNA by avian myeloblastosis virus RNA-directed DNA polymerase. 7 25

The RNase H activity associated with purified avian myeloblastosis virus and Rauscher murine leukemia virus DNA polymerases is inhibited by homopolymeric RNA molecules, although the efficiency of inhibition by each homopolymer appears enzyme specific. Formation of duplex RNA molecules abolished the inhibitory activity. In contrast to these results, DNA polymerase-independent RNase H activities, such as the RNase H-II from Rauscher murine leukemia virus and calf thymus RNase H, were unaffected by the addition of exogenous RNA molecules to reaction mixtures. These results support the concept (M. J. Modak and S. L. Marcus, J. Virol. 22:253--256, 1977) that the catalytic site of DNA polymerase-associated RNase H activity may be that which is also involved in template binding. Naturally occurring RNA molecules of oncornaviral, procaryotic, or eucaryotic origin also proved to be efficient inhibitors of avian myeloblastosis virus DNA polymerase-associated RNase H activity. In contrast to this result, naturally occurring RNA molecules, at concentrations which inhibited the avian myeloblastosis virus enzyme, did not inhibit Rauscher murine leukemia virus DNA polymerase-catalyzed RNase H activity. This finding represents a new biochemical distinction between the two reverse transcriptases, and may be indicative of differences in the relative affinities of these enzymes for natural RNA molecules.
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PMID:Reverse transcriptase-associated RNase H activity. II. Inhibition by natural and synthetic RNA. 8 13

The effect of 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine-5'-triphosphate (araATP) on the reactions of DNA polymerases alpha and beta [E.C. 2.7.7.7] purified from calf thymus was examined. The reaction of DNA polymerase alpha was shown to be more sensitive to the inhibition than that of DNA polymerase beta. The K1 value of DNA polymerase beta for araATP was 45 micrometer; 15 times higher than that of DNA polymerase alpha (3 micrometer). The mode of inhibition by araATP was essentially competitive to deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) in the reactions catalyzed by both DNA polymerase alpha and beta using activated DNA as a template-primer. However, in the reactions of the alpha-enzyme, araATP also inhibited the incorporation of deoxyribonucleotides othan than dATP non-competitively.
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PMID:Differential inhibition of DNA polymerases of calf thymus by 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine-5'-triphosphate. 8 55

omicron-Phenanthroline, a zinc chelating agent, is known to inhibit the DNA polymerase activity of cellular DNA-dependent and viral RNA-dependent DNA polymerases. We find that omicron-phenanthroline does not inhibit the reverse transcriptase-associated RNase H activity of retroviruses. Kinetic studies, using DNA template-primers as an inhibitor of RNase H, suggest that zinc does not play any role in template-primer binding by reverse transcriptase. These results also indicate a distinct binding site for the template and triphosphate substrates. Cellular RNase H from calf thymus and RNase H-II from Rauscher leukemia virus are likewise resistant to omicron-phenanthroline inhibition, implying non-involvement of zinc in the nucleic acid hydrolysis by these enzymes.
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PMID:Reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease H does not require zinc for catalysis. 8 44

DNA polymerase was purified from Drosophila melanogaster embryos by a combination of phosphocellulose adsorption, Sepharose 6B gel filtration, and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Three enzyme forms, designated enzymes I, II, and III, were separated by differential elution from DEAE-cellulose and were further purified by glycerol gradient centrifugation. Purification was monitored with two synthetic primer-templates, poly(dA) . (dT)-16 and poly(rA) . (dT)-16. At the final step of purification, enzymes I, II, and III were purified approximately 1700-fold, 2000-fold and 1000-fold, respectively, on the basis of their activities with poly(dA) . (dT)-16. The DNA polymerase eluted heterogeneously as anomalously high-molecular-weight molecules from Sepharose 6B gel filtration columns. On DEAE-cellulose chromatography enzymes I and II eluted as distinct peaks and enzyme III eluted heterogeneously. On glycerol velocity gradients enzyme I sedimented at 5.5-7.3 S, enzyme II sedimented at 7.3-8.3 S, and enzyme III sedimented at 7.3-9.0 S. All enzymes were active with both synthetic primer-templates, except the 9.0 S component of enzyme III, which was inactive with poly(rA) . (dT)-16. Non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis did not separate poly(dA) . (dT)-16 activity from poly(rA) . (dT)-16 activity. The DNA polymerase preferred poly(dA) . (dT)-16 (with Mg2+) as a primer-template, although it was also active with poly(rA) . (dT)-16 (with Mn2+), and it preferred activated calf thymus DNA to native or heat-denatured calf thymus DNA. All three primer-template activities were inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide. Enzyme activity with activated DNA and poly(dA) . (dT)-16 was inhibited by K+ and activity with poly(rA) . (dT)-16 was stimulated by K+ and by spermidine. The optimum pH for enzyme activity with the synthetic primer-templates was 8.5. The DNA polymerases did not exhibit deoxyribonuclease or ATPase activities. The results of this study suggest that the forms of DNA polymerase from Drosophila embryos have physical properties similar to those of DNA polymerase-alpha and enzymatic properties similar to those of all three vertebrate DNA polymerases.
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PMID:Three forms of DNA polymerase from Drosophila melanogaster embryos. Purification and properties. 9 4

Nuclei from polyoma-infected 3T6 fibroblasts elongate in vitro the progeny strands of the replicative intermediates of polyoma DNA. When high concentrations of such nuclei were incubated, short DNA fragments were formed and subsequently added onto growing progeny strands. When nuclei were repeatedly washed with buffer containing detergent and then incubated at low concentrations. DNA synthesis was decreased. In particular, the joining process was reduced, resulting in an accumulation of short DNA fragments. All aspects of the synthetic capacity of the nuclei were restored by addition of cytoplasmic extract. Additions of purified enzymes (polynucleotide ligase from calf thymus or Escherichia coli together with E. coli DNA polymerase I) increased the joining function of the nuclei. The system can be used for the identification of the enzymatic steps concerned with polyoma DNA replication.
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PMID:Replication of polyoma DNA in isolated nuclei. V. Complementation of in vitro DNA replication. 16 54

Infection of WI-38 human fibroblasts with human cytomegalovirus (CMV) led to the stimulation of host cell DNA polymerase synthesis and induction of a novel virus-specific DNA polymerase. This cytomegalovirus-induced DNA polymerase was purified and separated from host cell enzymes by DEAE-cellulose and phosphocellulose column chromatographies. It can be distinguished from host cell enzymes by chromatographic behavior, template primer specificity, sedimentation property, and the requirement of salt for maximal activity. This virus-induced enzyme has a sedimentation coefficient of 9.2S and is found in both the nuclei and cytoplasm of virus-infected cells, but not in uninfected cells. This enzyme could efficiently use activated calf-thymus DNA, oly(dA)-oligo(dT)12-18, and poly(dC)-oligo(dG)12-18 as template primers, especially poly(dA)-oligo(dT)12-18, but it could not use poly(rA)-oligo(dT)12-18, poly(rC)-oligo(dG)12-18, or oligo(dT)12-18. The enzyme requires Mg2+ for maximal activity, is sensitive to p-hydroxymercuribenzoate, and is not a zinc metalloenzyme. In addition, the cytomegalovirus-induced DNA polymerase activity can be enhanced by adding 0.06 to 0.12 M NaCl or 0.03 to 0.06 M (NH4)2SO4 to the reaction mixture.
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PMID:Human cytomegalovirus. III. Virus-induced DNA polymerase. 16 4

Both E. coli and calf thymus DNA polymerase can be phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphorylation appears to stimulate the DNA polymerase reaction. Conversely, dephosphorylation of the polymerase molecule, by a protein phosphatase, inhibits the polymerase reaction.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of DNA polymerase. 17 41

A serum protein present in normal rat serum and absent from the serum of hepatoma-bearing animals at advanced stages has a stimulatory effect on 3H-thymidine incorporation into hepatoma cells in suspension. Liver cells maintained in a similar suspension are not affected by the factor. The stimulation appears to be at the level of chromatin or DNA. Isolated membrane-denuded nuclei from Morris hepatoma 7777 incorporate more 3H-TTP when the factor is present in the incubation mixture. Nuclei from host liver are not stimulated. The factor also stimulates incorporation of 3H-TTP in a system using calf thymus DNA as primer and an extracted DNA polymerase. In this system incorporation is stimulated with DNA polymerase from both tissues, host liver and hepatoma 7777. It is concluded that the factor does not act on the DNA polymerase but on chromatin or DNA.
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PMID:Stimulatory effect of a serum factor on DNA synthesis in isolated hepatoma nuclei. 17 43


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