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  • Title: Apurinic/apyrimidinic-specific endonuclease activities from Dictyostelium discoideum.
    Author: Guyer RB, Deering RA.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1985 Apr 19; 824(4):304-12. PubMed ID: 2580557.
    Abstract:
    Two apurinic/apyrimidinic- (AP-) specific endonuclease activities have been isolated from the cells of Dictyostelium discoideum by fractionation on DEAE-cellulose, CM-cellulose and Sephadex G-75. These activities, designated A and B, have apparent molecular weights of 49000 and 40000, respectively. Although their precise reaction optima differ somewhat, both A and B quantitatively nick AP DNA best at pH 8.0-8.5 in low salt (less than 100 mM NaCl); both require Mg2+. These activities are apparently specific only for AP sites in DNA. The low activities observed on heavily ultraviolet-irradiated DNA, gamma-irradiated DNA and osmium tetroxide-treated DNA are consistent with the small numbers of secondary AP sites expected in these DNAs. Both A and B produce single-strand nicks in AP DNA that result in termini that serve as good primers for Escherichia coli polymerase I. Hence, A and B appear to be Class II AP endonucleases which yield 3'-OH termini at nicks on the 5' side of baseless sugars. It is unclear whether A and B are independently coded proteins, different post-translational modifications of the same gene product, or whether one is an artifact arising from the isolation. Many of the properties of these D. discoideum AP endonuclease activities are similar to those of the predominant AP endonucleases observed in bacterial, plant and animal cells. They will be of use in the characterization of excision repair in this organism.
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