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Query: EC:3.1.26.4 (RNase H)
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Phosphodiester oligonucleotides (ODNs) and their analogs are presently being investigated as potential antisense therapeutics in the treatment of viral infections and various forms of cancer. here, we would like to report results from an investigation of activity for a ribonuclease H (RNase H) mediated RNA digestion assay in the duplexes formed by an ODN or the ODN analog, N3'-->P5' phosphoramidate (3'-phosphoramidate), and complimentary RNA strands. Capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) proved to be an effective method for determining RNA hydrolysis in the presence of RNase H. RNA and an ODN or RNA and a 3'-phosphoramidate were hybridized in a Tris-HCl, MgCl2 buffer at room temperature (RT) and incubated with RNase H. Digestions were carried out at RT or at 37 degrees C. Control samples were unhybridized RNA with RNase H, RNA without RNase H, and duplexes (RNA-ODN or 3'-phosphoramidate) without RNase H. All controls were incubated in Tris-HCl, MgCl2 buffer, and sample aliquots were analyzed at various time intervals. A homodecamer, (dT)10, was used as an internal standard to determine the relative migration time of the RNA strand. The final digestion products for the duplexes and the various controls were monitored by CGE. In addition, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) was used in conjunction with Stains-All (staining) and a densitometric analysis to verify CGE results.
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PMID:Analysis of a ribonuclease H digestion of N3'-->P5' phosphoramidate-RNA duplexes by capillary gel electrophoresis. 758 76

Human Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) replication is accomplished by its own polymerase. The HBV RNase H domain of HBV polymerase has been expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by affinity column chromatography. The MBP-RNase H fusion protein (43 kDa MBP plus 17 kDa HBV RNase H domain) was proved to be RNase H by in vitro activity assay, inhibitor studies, and mutagenesis. The HBV RNase H domain represented the optimal RNase H activity in the presence of either 8 mM MgCl2 or 16 mM MnCl2. In Tris-Cl buffer, the optimum pH for MBP-RNase H fusion protein is between 7.7 and 8.2. The MBP-RNase H fusion protein required 40 mM monovalent cation for its enzyme activity, whereas it showed lower activity at a salt concentration of more than 100 mM. Ribonucleoside Vanadyl complex (RAV) and 2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-monophosphate (dAMP) inhibited the RNase H activity. Moreover, the mutation of highly conserved amino acids in the HBV RNase H domain diminished the RNase H activity. These results clearly suggest that the RNase H activity is separable from viral HBV polymerase enzymatic activities.
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PMID:RNase H activity of human hepatitis B virus polymerase expressed in Escherichia coli. 914 47

Reverse transcriptase (RT) catalyzes the formation of dsDNA from single-stranded retroviral RNA genome. This enzyme is unique among DNA polymerases in its ability to use either RNA or DNA as a template. Moloney Murine Leukemia virus reverse transcriptase lacking RNase H activity (M-MLVH- RT) especially holds particular interest because of its ability to eliminate the deleterious effect of RNase H, which results in more efficient synthesis of full-length cDNA from mRNA. Therefore, the development of a simple purification method attracts the attention of retroviral drug and enzyme researchers and manufacturers. The present work is the first purification example of a non-tagged (native) RT by affinity chromatography using synthetic affinity ligands. In this study, the ligand was selected from a structure-biased combinatorial library of dNTP-mimetic ligands, and it was evaluated for its ability to bind and purify M-MLVH- RT from inclusion bodies of recombinant E. coli. The selected ligand (AEAd), bearing 9-aminoethyladenine and 1,6-diamine-hexane both linked on the same triazine scaffold, displayed the highest enzyme purifying ability after applying mild desorption conditions (6 mM MnCl(2) in 20 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 7.5). The binding capacity of immobilized AEAd with M-MLVH- RT was determined to be equal to approximately 1 mg enzyme/g moist weight gel. Adsorption studies with immobilized AEAd and soluble M-MLVH- RT demonstrated that the formation of the respective complex was perturbed by ATP. Quality control tests of the purified M-MLVH- RT essentially showed a single band (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) and absence of nucleic acids and contaminating nuclease activities.
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PMID:Purification of M-MLVH- RT on a 9-aminoethyladenine-(1,6-diamine-hexane)-triazine selected from a combinatorial library of dNTP-mimetic ligands. 2082 67