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An efficient method of cross-linking DNA to protein is described. The method is based on the incorporation of photoactive 8-azidoadenine 2'-deoxyribonucleotides into DNA. We have found that 8-N3dATP is a substrate for E. coli DNA polymerase I and that 8-N3dATP can be incorporated into plasmid pBR322 by nick-translation. Subsequently we were able to cross-link a set of different proteins to 8-azido-2'-deoxyadenosine-containing pBR322 by UV irradiation (366nm). No DNA-protein photocross-linking was observed under the same conditions when the non-photoactive plasmid pBR322 was used.
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PMID:UV-induced cross-linking of proteins to plasmid pBR322 containing 8-azidoadenine 2'-deoxyribonucleotides. 305 48

Purified calf thymus DNA polymerases delta I and II each have an associated 3' to 5' exonuclease but otherwise resemble DNA polymerase alpha in size, biochemical kinetic parameters, and the presence of DNA primase [Crute, J. J., Wahl, A. F., & Bambara, R. A. (1986) Biochemistry 25, 26-36]. Here we demonstrate a functional association of polymerase and exonuclease with each delta form. Furthermore, we show that the exonuclease can be dissociated from DNA polymerase delta I but does not appear to be removable from DNA polymerase delta II. Polymerases delta I, delta II, and alpha are equally sensitive to the inhibitor aphidicolin, suggesting a similarity in active site structure. In comparison with DNA polymerase alpha and delta II, DNA polymerase delta I has intermediate sensitivity to 2-(p-n-butylanilino)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate (BuAdATP) or N2-(p-n-butylphenyl)-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate (BuPdGTP). The activity of the DNA primase of the delta II enzyme is insensitive to BuAdATP whereas 1.0 microM of this inhibitor will decrease the activity of the DNA primase of the alpha and delta I enzymes approximately 50%. Two monoclonal antibodies that potently inhibit DNA polymerase alpha are only slightly inhibitory to DNA polymerase delta I and are ineffective at inhibiting DNA polymerase delta II. DNA polymerase delta II had been previously found to be nearly inactive on nuclease-treated calf thymus DNA, relative to its activity on homopolymeric DNA. We find that addition of purified calf histone proteins or spermidine can greatly enhance synthesis by this enzyme on activated calf DNA.
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PMID:Properties of two forms of DNA polymerase delta from calf thymus. 309 36

When UV-irradiated cultured diploid human fibroblasts were permeabilized with Brij-58 then separated from soluble material by centrifugation, conservative DNA repair synthesis could be restored by a soluble factor obtained from the supernatant of similarly treated HeLa cells. Extensive purification of this factor yielded a 10.2 S, 220,000-dalton polypeptide with the DNA polymerase and 3'- to 5'-exonuclease activities reported for DNA polymerase delta II (Crute, J. J., Wahl, A. F., and Bambara, R. A. (1986) Biochemistry 25, 26-36). Monoclonal antibody to KB cell DNA polymerase alpha, while binding to HeLa DNA polymerase alpha, did not bind to the HeLa DNA polymerase delta. Moreover, at micromolar concentrations N2-(p-n-butylphenyl)-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate (BuPdGTP) and 2-(p-n-butylanilino)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate (BuAdATP) were potent inhibitors of DNA polymerase alpha, but did not inhibit the DNA polymerase delta. Neither purified DNA polymerase alpha nor beta could promote repair DNA synthesis in the permeabilized cells. Furthermore, under conditions which inhibited purified DNA polymerase alpha by greater than 90%, neither monoclonal antibodies to DNA polymerase alpha, BuPdGTP, nor BuAdATP was able to inhibit significantly the DNA repair synthesis mediated by the DNA polymerase delta. Thus, it appears that a major portion of DNA repair synthesis induced by UV irradiation might be catalyzed by DNA polymerase delta. When xeroderma pigmentosum human diploid fibroblasts were utilized, DNA repair synthesis dependent upon ultraviolet light could be restored by addition of both T4 endonuclease V and DNA polymerase delta, but not by addition of either one alone. This result suggests that cytosol-depleted permeabilized DNA repair-defective human fibroblasts and HeLa DNA polymerase delta might be exploited to provide a functional assay for purifying active DNA repair factors from DNA repair-proficient cells without a preknowledge of their function.
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PMID:DNA repair synthesis in human fibroblasts requires DNA polymerase delta. 333 6

Derivatives of N2-(p-n-butylphenyl)guanine (BuPG) and 2-(p-n-butylanilino)adenine (BuAA) were synthesized and tested as inhibitors of mammalian DNA polymerase alpha, cell growth, and macromolecule synthesis. 2-(p-n-Butylanilino)-6-chloropurine (BuACl) served as a useful intermediate to prepare a series of 6-substituted analogues. BuACl, as its sodium salt, reacted with 2-deoxy-3,5-di-p-toluoyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl chloride in acetonitrile to give 64% of the corresponding 9-beta nucleoside (blocked BuAdCl) and only 14% of the 7-beta isomer. Deblocking and substitution of chlorine in BuAdCl generated a series of 2-(p-n-butylanilino)-9-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine derivatives. Reaction of the sodium salt of BuACl with (2-acetoxyethoxy)methyl bromide also afforded, after deblocking and substitution of the 6-chloro group, a series of 2-(p-n-butylanilino)-9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]purines. The bases synthesized were inhibitors of DNA polymerase alpha isolated from Chinese hamster ovary cells, the most potent compounds being 6-methoxy and 6-methylthio derivatives of 2-(p-n-butylanilino)purine. When tested for their ability to inhibit [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA in HeLa cell cultures and the growth of exponentially growing HeLa cells, 9-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl) derivatives had greater potency than their base counterparts, but "adenine" analogues, such as 2-(p-n-butylanilino)-2'-deoxyadenosine (BuAdA, IC50 = 1 microM), were considerably more potent than N2-(p-n-butylphenyl)-2'-deoxyguanosine (BuPdG, IC50 = 25 microM). Derivatives bearing the 9-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl] group were nearly as potent inhibitors of [3H]thymidine incorporation in these experiments as the corresponding deoxyribonucleosides. Base and deoxynucleoside derivatives also inhibited cellular RNA synthesis, and several compounds, at high concentrations, inhibited protein synthesis. BuPG, BuAA, and four deoxyribonucleoside derivatives of 2-(p-n-butylanilino)purines were tested against P-388 lymphocytic leukemia in mice. None of the compounds increased the survival time of test animals, but two of them, BuAdA and its 6-desamino derivative BuAdP, were lethal at the highest concentration used (400 mg/kg).
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PMID:Synthesis, cell growth inhibition, and antitumor screening of 2-(p-n-butylanilino)purines and their nucleoside analogues. 380 87

(Sp)-2'-Deoxyadenosine 5'-O-[1-17O,1-18O,1,2-18O]triphosphate has been synthesized by desulfurization of (Sp)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thio[1,1-18O2]diphosphate) with N-bromosuccinimide in [17O]water, followed by phosphorylation with phosphoenolpyruvate-pyruvate kinase. A careful characterization of the product using high-resolution 31P NMR revealed that the desulfurization reaction proceeded with approximately 88% direct in-line attack at the alpha-phosphorus and 12% participation by the beta-phosphate to form a cyclic alpha,beta-diphosphate. The latter intermediate underwent hydrolysis by a predominant nucleophilic attack on the beta-phosphate. This complexity of the desulfurization reaction, however, does not affect the stereochemical integrity of the product but rather causes a minor dilution with nonchiral species. The usefulness of the (Sp)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-[1-17O,1-18O,1,2-18O]triphosphate in determining the stereochemical course of deoxyribonucleotidyl-transfer enzymes is demonstrated by using it to delineate the stereochemical course of the 3'----5'-exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase I. Upon incubation of this oxygen-chiral substrate with Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I in the presence of poly[d(A-T)] and Mg2+, a quantitative conversion into 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-[16O,17O,18O]monophosphate was observed. The stereochemistry of this product was determined to be Rp. Since the overall template-primer-dependent conversion of a deoxynucleoside triphosphate into the deoxynucleoside monophosphate involves incorporation into the polymer followed by excision by the 3'----5'-exonuclease activity and since the stereochemical course of the incorporation reaction is known to be inversion, it can be concluded that the stereochemical course of the 3'----5'-exonuclease is also inversion.
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PMID:Stereochemical course of the 3'----5'-exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase I. 609 2

T4 DNA polymerase converts (Sp)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thio[1-18O2]triphosphate) to 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-[18O]-phosphorothioate in the presence of poly(d(A-T).poly(d(A-T)) template-primer. Control experiments involving either omitting the poly(d(A-T)).poly(d(A-T) template-primer or employing the (Rp)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate) diastereomer showed no reaction. It is assumed, therefore, that this conversion as in the P--O case involves incorporation of the thionucleotide into the poly(d(A-T)) followed by hydrolysis resulting from the 3' goes to 5'-exonuclease activity. The 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-[18O] phosphorothioate was converted to (Sp)-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thio[1-18O]triphosphate), with no change in the configuration at P alpha by using the coupled adenylate kinase-pyruvate kinase enzyme system. A 31P NMR spectrum of the product showed that the 18O was entirely in the nonbridging position, indicating an overall retention in the net turnover process (i.e. incorporation followed by excision). Since the incorporation process involves an inversion of configuration around the phosphorus (Romaniuk, P. J., and Eckstein, F. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 7684-7688), it must be inferred that the 3' goes to 5'-exonuclease activity of T4 polymerase proceeds with inversion of configuration at the phosphorus atom, most simply via a direct displacement mechanism. This finding represents the first example of phosphodiester hydrolysis catalyzed by an exonuclease that does not involve a covalent phosphoryl-enzyme intermediate (Knowles, J. R. (1980) Annu. Rev. Biochem. 49, 877-919).
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PMID:Template-prime-dependent turnover of (Sp)-dATP alpha S by T4 DNA polymerase. The stereochemistry of the associated 3' goes to 5'-exonuclease. 628 51

Effects of various nucleoside analogues on X-ray-induced-PLD recovery (PLDR) were examined in plateau phase Chinese hamster HA-1 cells. Among the chemicals tested, 3'-dA (3'-deoxyadenosine) and ara-A (9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine) were most potent inhibitors of PLDR at their slightly toxic doses. N6-butyryl-3'-dA and 3'-dG (3'-deoxyguanosine) were the most effective in suppressing PLDR at non-toxic doses. A specific inhibitor of DNA polymerase beta, 2', 3'-ddT (dideoxythymidine) was intermediately effective. However, possibly due to the lower intracellular incorporation or phosphorylation, 3'-deoxy-pyrimidine analogues and formycin B were less or non-effective. The enhancement of antitumor effect of cyclophosphamide by ara-A and 3'-dG was observed in SCC VII tumors in vivo. The involvement of DSB (or chromosome aberration) and SSB as well as base damage or crosslinks in PLD is suggested, since recently they have been shown not to be rejoined when treated with various agents such as hyperthermia and ara-A.
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PMID:PLDR inhibitors: their biological and clinical implications. 660 38

A new modified polydeoxynucleotide, a copolymer of nucleotides of 2'-deoxyadenosine and the very efficacious anti-herpesvirus agent (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine was synthesized with E. coli DNA polymerase I enzyme. It is characterized by its physical (absorption and circular dichroism spectra, thermal transition, sedimentation analysis) and bioorganic (template activity, stability) properties. Compared to poly [d(A-T)], the modified polydeoxynucleotide had a lower thermal stability but exhibited higher stability against DNases and higher template activity for DNA synthesis. Template activity for RNA synthesis of this template was, however, poor and extent of AMP and UMP incorporation was limited as well.
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PMID:Modified polynucleotides. VI. Properties of a synthetic DNA containing the anti-herpes agent (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine. 675 97

The effects of 9-beta-D-arabinosyladenine (AraAde), 1-beta-D-arabinosylcytosine (AraCyt) and 2'-deoxyadenosine on DNA replication in cultured human lymphoblasts (CCRF-CEM line) were studied by pulse-labeling cells with [3H]thymidine and analyzing the nascent DNA by velocity sedimentation in alkaline sucrose gradients. At doses that reduced the overall rate of DNA synthesis to 50--70% of control values, both AraAde and AraCyt profoundly inhibited the formation of new replicons, with secondary effects on chain elongation contributing to the total inhibition of DNA synthesis. In contrast, the suppression of DNA synthesis by 2'-deoxyadenosine stemmed mainly from an inhibition of chain elongation. These studies also disclosed that about 100 times more AraAde than AraCyt was required to produce a similar inhibition of DNA replication in CCRF-CEM cells. Determination of intracellular concentrations of the nucleoside triphosphates (AraCTP and AraATP) indicated to 90% inhibition of DNA synthesis was achieved at 1.6 and 25 pmol/1 . 10(6) cells, respectively. Studies with cell lysates revealed that the replicative machinery in CCRF-CEM cells is more sensitive to AraCTP than to AraATP. This finding contrasts with earlier research, in which the inhibtion of purified DNA polymerase by either AraATP of AraCTP yielded essentially the same Ki value. The difference in sensitivity of the cell lysate to these arabinonucleotides may reflect either a target enzyme other than DNA polymerase or, more plausibly, some subtle interaction of the polymerase with other components of the replicative process.
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PMID:Mode of action of 9-beta-D-arabinosyladenine and 1-beta-D-arabinosylcytosine on DNA synthesis in human lymphoblasts. 696 55

T4 DNA polymerase copolymerizes the SP isomers of 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate) and 5'-O-(2-thiotriphosphate) with dTTP onto a poly(d(A-T) template in the presence of various metal ions. The corresponding RP diastereomers are inactive, independent of the metal ion used. The polymer resulting from the polymerization of the SP diastereomer of 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-O-(1-thiotriphosphate) and dTTP can be degraded by the 5' leads to 3' exonuclease activity of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I and alkaline phosphatase (Brody, R. S., and Frey, P. A. (1981) Biochemistry 20, 1245-1252) to d(Tp(S)A). This material has the RP configuration as determined by comparison with the RP and SP diastereomers obtained by chemical synthesis and preparative separation by high performance liquid chromatography. This result indicates inversion of configuration at the alpha-phosphorus in the nucleotidyl transfer reaction and is compatible with the absence of a covalent enzyme intermediate.
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PMID:A study of the mechanism of T4 DNA polymerase with diastereomeric phosphorothioate analogues of deoxyadenosine triphosphate. 704 12


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