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Query: EC:6.5.1.2 (
DNA ligase
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Limited treatment of Escherichia coli
DNA ligase
with
trypsin
results in rapid loss of DNA joining activity. However, the ability to react with DPN to form the covalent enzyme-AMP intermediate is unaffected. The cleaved enzyme is also unable to catalyze the formation of DNA-adenylate, the second covalent intermediate in the ligase-catalyzed reaction. These findings demonstrate that portions of the
DNA ligase
molecule that are required for phosphodiester bond formation are not required for at least one of the partial reactions catalyzed by this enzyme.
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PMID:Modification of Escherichia coli DNA ligase by cleavage with trypsin. 17 97
The location of the protein in the open circular DNA form of the ColE1 DNA-protein relaxation complex, induced by treatment with sodium dodecyl sulfate, has been studied using several enzymes of DNA metabolism. Escherichia coli exonucleases I and III are able to degrade extensively the nicked strand of the relaxed complex from the 3' end. DNA polymerase I can initiate synthesis using the relaxed complex as template-primer and specifically extends the 3' end of the nicked strand. The 5' end of the sodium dodecyl sulfate-relaxed complex, however, is blocked to the 5'-3' hydrolitic action T7 exonuclease. This block remains after
trypsin
treatment of the sodium dodecyl sulfate-relaxed complex but is removed by Pronase treatment. T4
DNA ligase
is unable to seal either the sodium dodecyl sulfate-relaxed complex or the Pronase-treated relaxed complex even after pretreatment of the relaxed complex with T4 DNA polymerase and polynucleotide kinase. However, pretreatment with DNA polymerase I and the four deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates facilitates ligase closure of the Pronase-treated relaxed complex but not the sodium dodecyl sulfate-relaxed complex. These studies indicate that the protein in the relaxed ColE1 complex is located at or near the 5' end of the nicked strand.
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PMID:Relaxation complexes of poasmid DNA and protein. III. Association of protein with the 5' terminus of the broken DNA strand in the relaxed complex of plasmid ColE1. 110 45
Human DNA helicase IV, a novel enzyme, was purified to homogeneity from HeLa cells and characterized. The activity was measured by assaying the unwinding of 32P labeled 17-mer annealed to M13 ss DNA. From 440g of HeLa cells we obtained 0.31 mg of pure protein. Helicase IV was free of DNA topoisomerases,
DNA ligase
and nuclease activities. The apparent molecular weight is 100 kDa. It requires a divalent cation for activity (Mg2+ = Mn2+ = Zn2+) and the hydrolysis of only ATP or dATP. The activity is destroyed by
trypsin
and is inhibited by 200 mM KCl or NaCl, 100 mM potassium phosphate, 45 mM ammonium sulfate, 5 mM EDTA, 20 microM ss M13 DNA or 20 microM poly [G] (as phosphate). The enzyme unwinds DNA by moving in the 5' to 3' direction along the bound strand, a polarity opposite to that of the previously described human DNA helicase I (Tuteja et al Nucleic Acids Res. 18, 6785-6792, 1990). It requires more than 84 bases of single-stranded DNA in order to exert its unwinding activity and does not require a replication fork-like structure. Like human DNA helicase I the enzyme can also unwind RNA-DNA hybrid.
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PMID:DNA helicase IV from HeLa cells. 164 52
We have initiated the characterization of the DNA helicases from HeLa cells, and we have observed at least 4 molecular species as judged by their different fractionation properties. One of these only, DNA helicase I, has been purified to homogeneity and characterized. Helicase activity was measured by assaying the unwinding of a radioactively labelled oligodeoxynucleotide (17 mer) annealed to M13 DNA. The apparent molecular weight of helicase I on SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is 65 kDa. Helicase I reaction requires a divalent cation for activity (Mg2+ greater than Mn2+ greater than Ca2+) and is dependent on hydrolysis of ATP or dATP. CTP, GTP, UTP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP, ADP, AMP and non-hydrolyzable ATP analogues such as ATP gamma S are unable to sustain helicase activity. The helicase activity has an optimal pH range between pH8.0 to pH9.0, is stimulated by KCl or NaCl up to 200mM, is inhibited by potassium phosphate (100mM) and by EDTA (5mM), and is abolished by
trypsin
. The unwinding is also inhibited competitively by the coaddition of single stranded DNA. The purified fraction was free of DNA topoisomerase,
DNA ligase
and nuclease activities. The direction of unwinding reaction is 3' to 5' with respect to the strand of DNA on which the enzyme is bound. The enzyme also catalyses the ATP-dependent unwinding of a DNA:RNA hybrid consisting of a radioactively labelled single stranded oligodeoxynucleotide (18 mer) annealed on a longer RNA strand. The enzyme does not require a single stranded DNA tail on the displaced strand at the border of duplex regions; i.e. a replication fork-like structure is not required to perform DNA unwinding. The purification of the other helicases is in progress.
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PMID:A DNA helicase from human cells. 170 1
Drosophila melanogaster contains DNA ligases I and II. The activity of DNA ligase I is especially high during early embryonic periods, but decreases rapidly afterwards. Although the activity of
DNA ligase
II is low, it persists throughout all developmental stages. The specific activity of
DNA ligase
II is high in embryos, but the total activity per body mass was highest in pupae. To characterize the properties of
DNA ligase
II further and to clarify its differences from DNA ligase I,
DNA ligase
II was prepared from pupae of D. melanogaster. The enzyme was purified about 3200-fold by ammonium sulfate fractionation (40-70% saturation), phosphocellulose (P11) and Ultrogel column chromatography. Some of the properties have been reported previously. The isoelectric point of
DNA ligase
II was 6.4 while those of DNA ligase I were 4.9 and 5.8. The optimum pH of
DNA ligase
II was 7.8-8.1 but 8.0-8.5 for DNA ligase I. The molecular masses of
DNA ligase
II adducts with AMP were determined as 90 and 70 kDa. These adducts were degraded to 42 and 14.4 kDa by
trypsin
digestion. For preparation of monoclonal antibodies, a mouse was immunized with the purified enzyme. Two clones, 10-6 and 3-3 IgM, were obtained and purified from mouse ascites. These antibodies showed both binding and neutralizing activities toward
DNA ligase
II from D. melanogaster, but did not react with DNA ligase I from the same origin. These results showed clearly that DNA ligases I and II have different properties and suggest they have different roles during the developmental stages of D. melanogaster.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of DNA ligase II from Drosophila melanogaster. 212 58
DNA ligases play obligatory roles during replication, repair, and recombination. Multiple forms of
DNA ligase
have been reported in mammalian cells including DNA ligase I, the high molecular mass species which functions during replication, and
DNA ligase
II, the low molecular mass species which is associated with repair. In addition, alterations in
DNA ligase
activities have been reported in acute lymphocytic leukemia cells, Bloom's syndrome cells, and cells undergoing differentiation and development. To better distinguish the biochemical and molecular properties of the various DNA ligases from human cells, we have developed a method of purifying multiple species of
DNA ligase
from HeLa cells by chromatography through DEAE-Bio-Gel, CM-Bio-Gel, hydroxylapatite, Sephacryl S-300, Mono P, and DNA-cellulose. DNA-cellulose chromatography of the partially purified enzymes resolved multiple species of
DNA ligase
after labeling the enzyme with [alpha-32P]ATP to form the ligase-[32P]AMP adduct. The early eluting enzyme activity (0.25 M NaCl) contained a major 67-kDa-labeled protein, while the late eluting activity (0.48 M NaCl) contained two major labeled proteins of 90 and 78 kDa. Neutralization experiments with antiligase I antibodies indicated that the early and late eluting activity peaks were
DNA ligase
II and I, respectively. The three major ligase-[32P]AMP polypeptides (90, 78, and 67 kDa) were subsequently purified to near homogeneity by elution from preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. All three polypeptides retained
DNA ligase
activities after gel elution and renaturation. To further reveal the relationship between these enzymes, partial digestion by V8-protease was performed. All three purified polypeptides gave rise to a common 22-kDa-labeled fragment for their AMP-binding domains, indicating that the catalytic sites of ligase I and II are quite similar, if not identical. Similar findings were obtained from the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of their AMP-binding domains in the
trypsin
-digested protein fragments. The results also suggested that these isozymes have been derived from the same primordial DNA sequence or from the same precursor protein. The purification scheme and the data obtained will be instrumental for the further elucidation of the biological roles of various DNA ligases from human cells.
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PMID:Fingerprinting of near-homogeneous DNA ligase I and II from human cells. Similarity of their AMP-binding domains. 221 88
The ada gene of Escherichia coli encodes a 39-kDa protein which serves both as a transcriptional activator of the adaptive response to alkylating agents and as a
DNA repair enzyme
demethylating O6-methyl-guanine and phosphotriester residues. Here, the isolated Ada protein was found to be readily cleaved into two fragments of similar size by treatment with
trypsin
, chymotrypsin, subtilisin, or V8 protease. The fragments retained their respective methyltransferase activities. The Ada protein is, therefore, comprised of two stable active domains united by a central hinge region of about 10 amino acids. Post-translational modification of the Ada protein by methylation of a specific cysteine residue in the NH2-terminal domain is known to convert it to an efficient transcriptional activator. This residue has now been identified as Cys-69.
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PMID:Functional domains and methyl acceptor sites of the Escherichia coli ada protein. 316 36
DNA ligase
was partially purified from normal and regenerating rat liver. Its structure was studied using the activity gel procedure that identifies the functional polypeptides. Two slightly different purification procedures were followed leading to the isolation of one or two peaks (fractions A and B) of
DNA ligase
by hydroxyapatite chromatography. When analyzed on activity gels, all these enzyme fractions corresponded to a single active 130-kDa polypeptide both in normal and regenerating liver. A limited
trypsin
digestion of ligase fractions A and B gave rise to an identical pattern of smaller polypeptides of 110 kDa, 100 kDa and 75 kDa. Also storage at 4 degrees C of fractions A and B produced smaller polypeptides of 110 kDa, 100 kDa, 85 kDa and 60 kDa, which were identical for the two fractions. Our results indicate that the same ligase polypeptide of 130 kDa can be isolated from stationary or regenerating rat liver cells. However, physiological or artifactual proteolysis during various purification procedures can lead to the isolation of two enzyme fractions with different chromatographic behaviour but with the same molecular mass.
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PMID:Mammalian DNA ligase. Structure and function in rat-liver tissues. 380 89
Bovine DNA ligases I and II were adenylylated in the presence of [alpha-32P]ATP and digested with limiting amounts of
trypsin
or V8 protease. The generation of radioactive peptides of decreasing size was monitored by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. Active site peptides obtained by complete proteolytic digestions with
trypsin
, V8, or Lys-C protease were also compared. The partial digestion products of DNA ligases I and II were entirely different, with no indication of extensive sequence homology. Furthermore, the sequence of the active site region of DNA ligase I is clearly different from that of
DNA ligase
II. Similar analysis of a third chromatographically distinct mammalian
DNA ligase
indicated that it is different from DNA ligase I but related to
DNA ligase
II.
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PMID:Different active sites of mammalian DNA ligases I and II. 810 23
An inhibitor for DNA ligase I has recently been purified from human cells. This inhibitor of 55-75 kDa forms a reversible complex with DNA ligase I, but has no effect on
DNA ligase
II and T4
DNA ligase
, suggesting that it may play a regulatory role for DNA replication and repair. This report shows that the inhibitor was sensitive to heating at 52 degrees C and to
trypsin
treatment, indicating that it is a heat-labile protein. The inhibitor affected the ligation of double- and single-strand breaks in natural and synthetic DNA, but had no effect on the formation of the ligase-AMP complex and on the subsequent reaction following the formation of the AMP-DNA complex. These data indicate that the major mechanism of action for the inhibitor is the blocking of the second step of the reaction, in which the AMP moiety is transferred from the ligase-AMP to DNA. The site of interaction for the enzyme is therefore localized in a domain associated with the DNA binding or the AMP-transferring function.
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PMID:Biochemical characterization of a protein inhibitor for DNA ligase I from human cells. Regulation/replication/repair/recombination. 846 79
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