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Query: EC:3.1.30.1 (S1 nuclease)
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The presence of a nuclear DNA polymerase in mouse sperm from adult testes has been confirmed and the properties of this enzyme further investigated. This activity was shown to be greatly enhanced by treating the spermatozoa with methanol or ethanol before incubation in the reaction medium or by their addition in small amounts to this medium. It was protected against degradation by nuclear proteases by adding soybean trypsin inhibitor and was stimulated by ATP. It was found to be Mg2+ dependent (optimum concentration: 7.5 mM), DNA dependent, and all four deoxynucleoside triphosphates were needed for optimal reaction. The radioactive acid-precipitable product of polymerization was not eliminated by organic solvents, nor by pronase, ribonuclease or by nuclease S1; however, it was converted to a large extent to acid-soluble products by pancreatic deoxyribonuclease. Since it was only partially solubilized by Triton X-100, it therefore did not appear to be preferentially associated with the nuclear membranes. The activity recovered after incubation depended also on the pH (optimum at pH 8.3) and did not work well in a medium for DNA polymerase alpha. The temperature for maximum incorporation of nucleotides was found to be 32 degrees C and, under our conditions, the reaction was linear for 30 min. The DNA polymerase activity was inhibited by low and high concentrations of KCl. It was not lowered by N-ethylmaleimide or p-hydroxymercuribenzoate; urea slightly stimulated the reaction and this stimulation was reversed by subsequent treatment with N-ethylmaleimide. Actinomycin D (40 mug/ml), ethidium bromide (25--50 muM), netropsin (5--50 mug/ml), and spermidine (0.5--2.5 mM) lowered the polymerization of DNA precursors. The nuclear enzyme could shift from the endogenous template to activated exogenous calf thymus DNA, the resulting nuclear radioactivity being reduced. The endogenous DNP template ability was not increased by deoxyribonuclease activation according to the method of Aposhian and Kornberg (J. Biol. Chem. (1962) 237, 519--525) suggesting that the amount of DNA polymerase associated with chromatin was probably limiting the reaction. The DNA polymerase activity detected in mouse sperm nuclei has numerous properties of low molecular weight DNA polymerases (DNA polymerase beta) reported in several eukaryotic organisms.
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PMID:Further characterization of a DNA polymerase activity in mouse sperm nuclei. 1 3

1. Double-stranded f2 sus11 or Qbeta RNAs, resistant to bovine pancreatic RNAase A in 0.15 M NaCl/0.015 M sodium citrate (SSC), are quickly and completely degraded at 10-fold lower ionic strength (0.1 X SSC) under otherwise similar conditions. At this ionic strength the secondary structure of double-stranded RNA is maintained, as judged by the following: (a) the unchanged resistance of double-stranded RNA and DNA, under similar low ionic strength conditions, to nuclease S1 from Aspergillus oryzae, in contrast with the sensitivity of the corresponding denatured nucleic acids to this enzyme, specific for single-stranded RNA and DNA; (b) the co-operative pattern of the thermal-transition profile of double-stranded RNA (with a Tm of 89 degrees C) in 0.1 X SSC. 2. Whereas in SSC bovine seminal RNAase (RNAase BS-1) and whale pancreatic RNAase show an activity on double-stranded RNA significantly higher than that of RNAase A, in 0.1 X SSC the activity of the latter enzyme on this substrate becomes distinctly higher than that of RNAase BS-1, and similar to that of whale RNAase. 3. From these results it is deduced that the secondary structure is probably not the only nor the most important variable in determining the susceptibility double-stranded RNA to ribonuclease. Other factors, such as the effect of ionic strength on the enzyme and/or the binding of enzyme to nucleic acids, may play an important role in the process of double-stranded RNA degradation by ribonucleases specific for single-stranded RNA.
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PMID:How much is secondary structure responsible for resistance of double-stranded RNA to pancreatic ribonuclease A? 2 5

We describe a method for linking RNA and DNA covalently to finely divided cellulose through a diazotized aryl amine, which reacts primarily with guanine and uracil (thymine) residues of single strands. The high efficiency of coupling and high capacity of the cellulose for nucleic acid make possible a product with as much as 67 mug of nucleic acid per mg of cellulose. The product is especially suitable for hybridization experiments where very low backgrounds are important, and it is stable in 99% formamide at 80 degrees C so that hybridized nucleic acid can be recovered easily. Full length linear Simian Virus 40 (SV40) DNA, produced by cleavage of SV40(I) DNA with S1 nuclease, can be coupled to diazo cellulose with an efficiency of 80-90%, and is effective in hybridization experiments with SV40 DNA, complementary RNA synthesized in vitro from SV40(I) DNA with E. coli RNA polymerase, and the SV40-specific fraction of total RNA from SV40-infected and transformed cells. In these experiments an excess of cellulose-bound DNA was used, and the efficiency of hybridization was about 90% when ribonuclease treatment of the hybrids was omitted.
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PMID:Nucleic acid hybridization using DNA covalently coupled to cellulose. 16 82

Hybrids were formed from Bacillus cereus DNA and ribosomal RNA. They were treated with various combination of S1 nuclease and ribonuclease, and the molar ratios of the RNA and DNA moieties remaining in the treated hybrids were determined using a 32P-33P dual-label technique. It was found that both S1 nuclease and ribonuclease are required to give hybrid with RNA and DNA in a perfect 1:1 molar ratio. It was noted that the dual-label technique which employs orthophosphate as the sole phosphorus source for both labels gives unambiguous molar ratios and obviates the need to calculate specific activities, make quench corrections, or correct for base content.
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PMID:The specificity of S1 nuclease toward RNA-DNA hybrids as studied using isotopes of phosphorus-32 and phosphorus-33. 19 95

We have studied the conformation of the 3' end of 18-S RNA from human, hamster and Xenopus laevis cells. The 3'-terminal oligonucleotide in a T1 ribonuclease digest of 18-S RNA from HeLa cells was identified, using a standard fingerprinting method. The sequence (G)-A-U-C-A-U-U-A, established by Eladari and Galibert for HeLa 18-S rRNA, was confirmed. An identical 3' terminus is present in hamster fibroblasts and Xenopus laevis cells. The ease of identification of this oligonucleotide has enabled us to quantify its molar yield relative to several other oligonucleotides, and hence to analyse the 3' terminus by several conformation probes. Its sensitivity to S1 nuclease, limited T1 ribonuclease digestion, bisulphite modification and carbodiimide modification was consistent with the terminal oligonucleotide being in a highly exposed conformation. The m6/2A-m6/2A-C-containing sequence of 18-S rRNA also appears to be in an exposed location on the basis of three of these probes.
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PMID:Studies on the conformation of the 3' terminus of 18-S rRNA. 56 87

18-S rRNA from HeLa cells was digested with nuclease S1. Under the conditions employed 15% of the total nucleotides and some 50% of the methylated nucleotides were released as low-molecular-weight products. The material which was precipitable by 70% ethanol after nuclease S1 digestion was subjected to further digestion by combined T1 plus pancreatic ribonucleases or by T1 ribonuclease alone, and fingerprints were prepared. It was found that the four sites which are modified late during ribosome maturation, and which contain base modifications, were all accessible to nuclease S1. By contrast fewer than one-half of the sites which are modified early during ribosome maturation, and which contain 2'-O-methyl groups, were accessible to nuclease S1; the remainder were protected, presumably by secondary or tertiary interactions within 18-S rRNA.
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PMID:Conformation of methylated sequences in HeLa cell 18-S ribosomal RNA: nuclease S1 as a probe. 64 15

An extracellular nuclease gene of Bacillus subtilis was cloned in the same organism by detecting the amplified enzyme activity, which was secreted from the transformant cells on an RNA-containing agar medium. An open reading frame encoding 289 amino acids was identified within the cloned fragment. The transcriptional initiation site was determined by nuclease S1 mapping and the promoter region showed similarity to the conserved recognition sequences for the E sigma A and/or E sigma E RNA polymerases. The production of the nuclease by the B. subtilis transformants greatly depends on the liquid medium used. SDS/PAGE analysis of the purified enzyme showed two adjoining bands of molecular mass about 32 kDa, and the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence analysis suggested that the NH2-terminal portion of the nuclease was subjected to a limited proteolysis after or during secretion. The nuclease was uniquely characterized as a Mg(2+)-activated ribonuclease which hydrolyzes RNA apparently nonspecifically into oligonucleotides with 5'-terminal phosphate. The deduced amino acid sequence of this enzyme shows no obvious similarity with other nuclease sequences.
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PMID:Gene cloning and characterization of a novel extracellular ribonuclease of Bacillus subtilis. 139 90

Site-directed mutations were introduced in the connecting loops and one of the two stem regions of the RNA pseudoknot in the tRNA-like structure of turnip yellow mosaic virus RNA. The kinetic parameters of valylation for each mutated RNA were determined in a cell-free extract from wheat germ. Structure mapping was performed on most mutants with enzymic probes, like RNase T1, nuclease S1 and cobra venom ribonuclease. An insertion of four A residues in the four-membered connecting loop L1 that crosses the deep groove of the pseudoknot reduces aminoacylation efficiency. Deletions up to three nucleotides do not affect aminoacylation or RNA pseudoknot formation. Deletion of the entire loop abolishes aminoacylation. Although elimination of the pseudoknot is presumed, this could not be demonstrated. Unlike the mutations in loop L1, all mutations in the three-membered connecting loop L2 that crosses the shallow groove of the RNA pseudoknot decrease the aminoacylation efficiency considerably. Nonetheless, the RNA pseudoknot is still present in most mutated RNAs. These results indicate that a number of mutations can be introduced in both loops without abolishing aminoacylation. Results obtained with the introduction of mismatches and A.U base-pairs in stem S1 of the pseudoknot, containing three G.C base-pairs in wild-type RNA, indicate that the pseudoknot is only marginally stable. Our estimation of the gain of free energy due to the pseudoknot formation is at most 2.0 kcal/mol. The pseudoknot structure can, however, be stabilized upon binding the valyl-tRNA synthetase.
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PMID:Mutational analysis of the pseudoknot in the tRNA-like structure of turnip yellow mosaic virus RNA. Aminoacylation efficiency and RNA pseudoknot stability. 173 Oct 70

The solution structure of Escherichia coli tRNA(3Thr) (anticodon GGU) and the residues of this tRNA in contact with the alpha 2 dimeric threonyl-tRNA synthetase were studied by chemical and enzymatic footprinting experiments. Alkylation of phosphodiester bonds by ethylnitrosourea and of N-7 positions in guanosines and N-3 positions in cytidines by dimethyl sulphate as well as carbethoxylation of N-7 positions in adenosines by diethyl pyrocarbonate were conducted on different conformers of tRNA(3Thr). The enzymatic structural probes were nuclease S1 and the cobra venom ribonuclease. Results will be compared to those of three other tRNAs, tRNA(Asp), tRNA(Phe) and tRNA(Trp), already mapped with these probes. The reactivity of phosphates towards ethylnitrosourea of the unfolded tRNA was compared to that of the native molecule. The alkylation pattern of tRNA(3Thr) shows some similarities to that of yeast tRNA(Phe) and mammalian tRNA(Trp), especially in the D-arm (positions 19 and 24) and with tRNA(Trp), at position 50, the junction between the variable region and the T-stem. In the T-loop, tRNA(3Thr), similarly to the three other tRNAs, shows protections against alkylation at phosphates 59 and 60. However, tRNA(3Thr) is unique as far as very strong protections are also found for phosphates 55 to 58 in the T-loop. Compared with yeast tRNA(Asp), the main differences in reactivity concern phosphates 19, 24 and 50. Mapping of bases with dimethyl sulphate and diethyl pyrocarbonate reveal conformational similarities with yeast tRNA(Phe). A striking conformational feature of tRNA(3Thr) is found in the 3'-side of its anticodon stem, where G40, surrounded by two G residues, is alkylated under native conditions, in contrast to other G residues in stem regions of tRNAs which are unreactive when sandwiched between two purines. This data is indicative of a perturbed helical conformation in the anticodon stem at the level of the 30-40 base pairs. Footprinting experiments, with chemical and enzymatic probes, on the tRNA complexed with its cognate threonyl-tRNA synthetase indicate significant protections in the anticodon stem and loop region, in the extra-loop, and in the amino acid accepting region. The involvement of the anticodon of tRNA(3Thr) in the recognition process with threonyl-tRNA synthetase was demonstrated by nuclease S1 mapping and by the protection of G34 and G35 against alkylation by dimethyl sulphate. These data are discussed in the light of the tRNA/synthetase recognition problem and of the structural and functional properties of the tRNA-like structure present in the operator region of the thrS mRNA.
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PMID:Tertiary structure of Escherichia coli tRNA(3Thr) in solution and interaction of this tRNA with the cognate threonyl-tRNA synthetase. 245

The cytosolic untransformed molybdate-stabilized glucocorticoid-receptor complex from rat liver was eluted as a heterogenous peak containing two components with Stokes radii (Rs) of 8.3 nm and 7.1 nm when analyzed by size-exclusion HPLC even in the absence of molybdate. In contrast, the highly purified glucocorticoid receptor yielded a sharp symmetrical peak of Rs = 7.1 nm. We demonstrate that the 7.1-nm component could not result from a proteolytic degradation of the 8.3-nm receptor form. The same receptor heterogeneity was observed in thymus cytosol which contains less proteases than liver. After labeling with [3H]dexamethasone 21-mesylate and SDS/PAGE the same 94-kDa receptor band was revealed in both the 8.3-nm and 7.1-nm forms. Immunoblotting experiments showed that both the 94-kDa hormone-binding subunit and the 90-kDa heat-shock protein were present in the two different receptor forms. The 8.3-nm receptor form was converted to the 7.1-nm receptor form after treatment by ribonuclease A in the presence of molybdate and this effect was dose-dependent, being completely prevented by placental ribonuclease inhibitor (RNasin). In contrast, in the presence of molybdate, the 7.1-nm receptor form was ribonuclease-insensitive. Treatment of cytosol with RNase A in the absence of molybdate, partially shifted the untransformed receptor towards the 5.2-nm transformed receptor form. This effect was abolished by placental ribonuclease inhibitor. RNase S protein, an enzymatically inactive proteolytic fragment of RNase A, or S1 nuclease, which is specific for single-stranded nucleic acids, were ineffective when used instead of RNase A. In contrast, cobra venom endonuclease, which preferentially attacks double-stranded regions of small RNAs, caused a complete conversion of the 7-8-nm untransformed receptor to the 5.2-nm transformed receptor form. These results were not observed in the presence of molybdate. Addition of RNasin prior to heating cytosol in the absence of molybdate did not prevent the receptor from dissociating to the 5.2-nm form, suggesting that an endogenous RNase is not involved in the transformation process. The 7.1-nm receptor form was shifted to a 9.2-nm complex when incubated with an excess of GR 49 antireceptor antibody, whereas the 8.3-nm receptor form did not bind to the antibody.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:RNA binding to the untransformed glucocorticoid receptor. Sensitivity to substrate-specific ribonucleases and characterization of a ribonucleic acid associated with the purified receptor. 246 3


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