URACIL-DNA GLYCOSYLASE ACTIVITY FROM DICTYOSTELIUM-DISCOIDEUM

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GUYER, RB [1 ]
NONNEMAKER, JM [1 ]
DEERING, RA [1 ]
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[1] PENN STATE UNIV, DEPT MOLEC & CELLULAR BIOL, 201 ALTHOUSE LAB, UNIVERSITY PK, PA 16802 USA
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10.1016/0167-4781(86)90063-1
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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We have isolated and partially characterized a uracil-DNA glycosylase activity from the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum. This glycosylase has a broad pH optimum (6.5-8.5) and is fully active in 10 mM EDTA or in 5 mM Mg2+. Its molecular weight by gel filtration is about 55000. This enzyme activity may work in concert with previously described apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease activities in the excision repair of uracil from the DNA of this lower eukaryote.
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