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  • Title: Inhibition of the activities of DNA primase-polymerase alpha complex from KB cells by hexasodium sym-bis(m-aminobenzoyl-m-amino-p-methylbenzoyl-1-naphthylamino-4 ,6,8-trisulfonate)carbamide.
    Author: Ono K, Nakane H, Fukushima M.
    Journal: Nucleic Acids Symp Ser; 1985; (16):249-52. PubMed ID: 4088877.
    Abstract:
    A trypanocidal drug suramin [hexasodium sym-bis(m-amino-benzoyl-m-amino-p-methylbenzoyl-1-naphthylamino-4, 6, 8-trisulfonate)carbamide] was found to be a potent inhibitor of the activities of DNA primase and polymerase alpha from human KB cells. The mechanism of the inhibition by suramin was, however, quite different by these two polymerases. In the case of DNA primase, suramin inhibited competitively the incorporation of a nucleotide substrate, GTP, on the template polydeoxycytidylate, while the polymerase alpha was inhibited competitively by the drug with respect to the template primer (activated DNA). The observed inhibitory effect of suramin on nucleic acid synthesis seems to explain yet unknown mechanism of trypanocidal action of the drug.
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