RRC ID 34756
著者 Ogawa T, Okazaki T.
タイトル Function of RNase H in DNA replication revealed by RNase H defective mutants of Escherichia coli.
ジャーナル Mol Gen Genet
Abstract Escherichia coli rnh mutants were isolated using localized mutagenesis and selective measurements of RNase H activity in mutagenized cell extracts with [3H]poly(rC) X poly(dG) as substrate. RNase H activity in extracts of one mutant, ON152 (rnh-91), was undetectable (less than 0.05% of that of wild-type cells). This mutant formed small colonies at 43 degrees C. At this temperature, accumulation of nascent fragments was more prominent in the rnh-91 X polA4113 double mutant than in the polA4113 mutant; however, no accumulation was found in the rnh single mutant at 43 degrees C. Unlike the 1-3 nucleotide primer RNA found on nascent fragments of polA4113 cells, primers from the rnh-91 X polA4113 cells ranged from one to about ten bases. These results suggest that the 5' leads to 3' exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase I plays a major role in removal of primer RNA and that RNase H functions in an auxiliary role, excising the 5'-portion of longer primers. The rnh mutant supports replication of ColE1-type plasmids. A possible mechanism of replication of such plasmids in rnh mutants and a role of RNase H in the initiation of chromosomal replication are discussed.
巻・号 193(2)
ページ 231-7
公開日 1984-1-1
DOI 10.1007/BF00330673
PMID 6319961
MeSH Coliphages / genetics DNA Replication* Endoribonucleases / genetics* Endoribonucleases / isolation & purification Endoribonucleases / metabolism Escherichia coli / enzymology* Escherichia coli / genetics Genes, Bacterial* Kinetics Mutation* Plasmids Ribonuclease H
引用数 98
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
原核生物(大腸菌) ME9696 ME9697 ME9698 ME9699