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  • Title: Identification of the product of dnaB gene in Bacillus subtilis.
    Author: Watabe K, Forough R.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1987 Jun 15; 145(2):861-7. PubMed ID: 3036143.
    Abstract:
    In order to detect the product of dnaB gene in B. subtilis, a gene which is involved in the initiation of DNA replication and the formation of the DNA-membrane complex, we synthesized an origopeptide of 15 amino acids which corresponds to a region near the carboxyl-terminal of the gene product, and raised antibody against the synthetic peptide. We have also employed a filter binding assay to measure the predicted DNA binding activity of the product of the dnaB gene, using the plasmid pUB110. The binding activity was detected after fractionation of cell lysates of B. subtilis on sucrose-density gradients. When the active fraction was prepared from a mutant which was temperature-sensitive for the dnaB gene, the DNA binding activity in the fraction showed significant thermolability. Furthermore, the binding activity was inhibited by the purified antibody raised against the synthetic peptide. These results suggest that the product of the dnaB gene does indeed have DNA binding activity, and that the filter binding assay and the antibody can be used for the detection and characterization of the gene product.
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