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Query: EC:3.1.26.4 (RNase H)
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We investigated the influence of viral RNase H on the transcription of the avian sarcoma virus RNA in a virion-associated reaction. The ability of RNase H to degrade the RNA moiety of the initially formed RNA-DNA hybrid at the 5' end of the viral genome was found to be greatly dependent on the exact concentration of nonionic detergent used to activate the reaction. At a detergent concentration optimal for extensive and faithful in vitro transcription of avian sarcoma virus RNA by the virion-associated RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, most of the 5' terminus of the RNA was digested in 30 min at 41 degrees C. At higher than optimal detergent concentrations, however, little of that RNA was digested. We conclude that removal of the 5'-terminal redundancy in the RNA after its transcription into DNA is a prerequisite for base pairing of the DNA to the 3'-terminal redundant sequence. Lack of removal of this sequence leads to incorrect elongation and substantial reduction of DNA synthesis. When tested with a synthetic RNA-DNA hybrid, virion-associated RNase H did not reveal a detergent dependence.
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PMID:Effect of viral RNase H on the avian sarcoma viral genome during early transcription in vitro. 22 44

Nascent replicative form type II (RFII) DNA of coliphage M13 synthesized in an Escherichia coli mutant deficient in the 5' leads to 3' exonuclease associated uith DNA polymerase I contains ribonucleotides that are retained in the covalently closed RFI DNA sealed in vitro by the joint action of T5 phage DNA polymerase and T4 phage DNA ligase. These RFI molecules are labile to alkali and RNase H, unlike the RFI produced either in vivo or from RFII with E. coli DNA polymerase I and E. coli DNA ligase. The ribonucleotides are located at one site and predominantly in one strand of the nascent RF DNA. Furthermore, these molecules contain multiple small gaps, randomly located, and one large gap in the intracistronic region.
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PMID:Structure of nascent replicative form DNA of coliphage M13. 27 30

An improved purification procedure for the isolation of ribonuclease H(hybrid nuclease; RNA-DNA-hybrid ribonucleotidohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.34) from the thymus of 4-to 6-months-old calves yields two highly active forms of the enzyme, designated as ribonuclease H1 and H2. Their isoelectric points are 5.0 +/- 0.05 and 5.25 +/- 0.05, respectively; their molecular weight, estimated from gel filtration, is in both cases 64,000 +/- 2000. On sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis, two principal bands were identified, with molecular weights of 32,000 and 21,000. The nature of the nucleotides at the 3'-OH terminals, produced initially by the enzymic hydrolysis of hybridized RNA, was examined and shown to be a function of the divalent metal ion employed as activator.
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PMID:Simplified method for purification of ribonuclease H from calf thymus. 27 4

In the presence of RNA polymerase, RNase H, discriminatory factors alpha and beta, Escherichia coli binding protein, DNA elongation factor I, DNA elongation factor II preparation, DNA polymerase III, and ATP, UTP, GTP, CTP, dATP, dTTP, dGTP, and dCTP, fd viral DNA can be quantitatively converted to RFII containing a unique gap in the linear minus strand. This gap, mapped with the aid of restriction endonucleases HinII and HpaII, is located within Fragment Hpa-H of the fd genome. The discrimination reaction has been resolved into two steps: Step A, fd viral DNA, E. coli binding protein, and discriminatory factors alpha and beta form a protein DNA complex; Step B, the complex isolated by agarose gel filtration selectively forms fd RFII when supplemented with RNase H, RNA polymerase, and the DNA elongation proteins. The omission of any of the proteins described above during the first reaction resulted in either no discrimination or a decrease in discrimination when the missing protein was added during the second step. Results are presented which indicate that E. coli binding protein, discriminatory factors alpha and beta, and RNase H must be present during the time RNA synthesis occurs in order to selectively form RFII from fd DNA and not phiX RFII. The amount of fd and phiX174 RNA-DNA hybrid formed in vitro is directly related to the DNA synthesis observed. Thus, under discriminatory conditions, only fd viral DNA leads to fd RNA-DNA complexes and no phiX RNA-DNA hybrid is formed. Under nondiscriminatory conditions, both DNAs yield RNA-DNA hybrids and DNA synthesis. In the absence of discriminatory factor alpha, no RNA-DNA hybrid is formed with either DNA, and in turn, no DNA synthesis is detected with either DNA template.
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PMID:Selective inhibition of phiX RFII compared with fd RFII DNA synthesis in vitro. II. Resolution of discrimination reaction into multiple steps. 32 48

T7 gene 6 exonuclease has been shown to have an RNase H activity as well as a double-strand specific DNase activity by the following experiments: The RNase H activity coelutes with the DNase activity from DEAE-cellulose, phosphocellulose, hydroxyapatite, and Sephadex G-200 columns. Gene 6 exonuclease specified by a T7 strain with a temperature sensitive mutation in gene 6 has an extremely heat-labile RNase H activity as well as a heat-labile DNase activity. T7 gene 6 exonuclease degrades the RNA region of a poly(A) . poly(dT) hybrid polymer exonucleolytically from the 5' terminus, releasing a ribonucleoside 5'-monophosphate product. When the RNA strand of a 0X174 RNA . DNA hybrid molecule synthesized with E. coli RNA polymerase is degraded, a ribonucleoside triphosphate is produced from the 5'-triphosphate terminus. Participation of T7 gene 6 exonuclease in the removal of primer RNA in discontinuous replication of T7 DNA is discussed.
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PMID:T7 gene 6 exonuclease has an RNase H activity. 36 24

The hybridization of a DNA oligonucleotide a specific tetramer or longer) will direct a cleavage by RNase H (EC 3.1.4.34) to a specific site in RNA. The resulting fragments can then be labeled at their 5' or 3' ends, purified, and sequenced directly. This procedure is demonstrated with two RNA molecules of known sequence: 5.8S rRNA from yeast (158 nucleotides) and satellite tobacco necrosis virus (STNV) RNA (1240 nucleotides).
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PMID:Site specific enzymatic cleavage of RNA. 38 79

Almost all DNA and RNA metabolizing enzymes can be assayed rapidly and very sensitively by exploiting the enhanced fluorescence of ethidium intercalated into duplex DNA or RNA. Denatured DNA and natural RNAs contain duplex regions due to intramolecular hydrogen-bonding and can also be sensitively measured. Where the product is truly single-stranded (e.g. dTn) it can be assayed by adding the appropriate complementary strand (e.g. dAn or rAn). Some of the assays described provide information not readily obtained by other assay procedures. Among the enzymes readily assayed are DNA and RNA polymerases, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferases, nucleases of all varieties (e.g. single-strand specific, endonucleases including for example AP endonucleases, exonucleases, RNase H, etc.), ligases, topoisomerases including gyrases, and indirectly enzymes such as proteases and superoxide dismutase. DNA binding proteins such as histones and helix destablizing proteins can also be quantitatively assayed.
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PMID:Review: ethidium fluorescence assay. Part II. Enzymatic studies and DNA-protein interactions. 38 44

Two forms of enzyme with ribonuclease H (RNase H) [EC 3.1.4.34] activities, have been partially purified from cultured plant cells, strain GD-2, derived from carrot root. One is an Mn2+-dependent RNase H, and the second is an Mg2+-dependent RNase H. These enzymes degrade RNA specifically in RNA-DNA hybrid structures. They were eluted at around 0.2 M and 0.4 M potassium chloride in phosphocellulose chromatography, and were further purified using blue Sepharose. Mg2+-dependent RNase H exhibits maximal activity at pH 9.0, and requires 10 to 15 mM Mg2+ for maximal activity, whereas the Mn2+-dependent enzyme is most active at pH 8.0, is maximally active at an Mn2+ concentration of 0.4 mM, and has some activity with Mg2+. Both enzymes require a sulfhydryl reagent for maximal activity. The enzymes liberate a mixture of oligonucleotides with 5'-phosphate and 3'-hydroxyl termini. The apparent molecular weight of the Mg2+-dependent RNase H was estimated to 18--20 X 10(4) and that of the Mn 2+- dependent RNase H was estimated to be 14 x 10(4) by gel filtration.
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PMID:Two ribonucleases H from cultured plant cells. 44 17

Poly(A)+ protamine mRNA (pmRNA) components were isolated after separation on denaturing preparative polyacrylamide gels. The four size classes of protamine mRNA described previously were found to contain poly(A) tracts of different lengths. The pmRNA1 was found to be associated with (A)110, pmRNA2 with (A)90, pmRNA3 with (A)85, and pmRNA4 with (A)69. Following deadenylation with RNase H after duplex formation with oligo-dT, the isolated mRNAs were found to be still heterogeneous, although highly enriched in certain of the deadenylated components. DNA complementary to the isolated mRNAs (cDNA) was synthesized in vitro. Following depurination, the oligopyrimidine maps indicated that C7T4, corresponding to an Arg-Arg-Gly-Gly sequence in protamine and originally thought to be characteristic of all mRNA components, is present in only one or possibly tow of the components. Cross-hybridizations between the cDNAs and the four poly(A)+ pmRNAs indicated that a basic polynucleotide unit of substantial length is common to all four mRNAs and that the existing nucleotide sequence variations probably originate from one or both of the non-coding portions of the mRNA molecules.
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PMID:Protamine messenger RNA: partial purification and characterization of a heterogeneous family of polyadenylated messenger components. 47 28

Supercoiled rat liver mitochondrial DNA is relaxed by treatment with ribonucleases A, T1 or H. All the supercoiled mitochondrial DNA is sensitive to ribonuclease H and ribonuclease A, but only 35% of the supercoiled population is sensitive to ribonuclease T1. Removal of the ribonucleotides with calf thymus ribonuclease H, followed by denaturation of the mitochondrial DNA and analysis of the single-strand fragment lengths in the electron microscope, showed that the ribonucleotides were randomly located on both strands of the DNA. Endonuclease-S1 digestion of mitochondrial DNA after removal of the ribonucleotides reveals that no unique fragments are produced and ribonucleotides are randomly distributed with respect to one another. The average number of ribonucleotide sites per molecule was estimated to be between 8 and 13. Two possible mechanisms for the origin of ribonucleotide sites are discussed.
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PMID:Localization of the ribonucleotide sites in rat liver mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid. 62 55


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