Protein p3 is linked to the DNA of phage phi 29 through a phosphoester bond between serine and 5'-dAMP.
AUTOR(ES)
Hermoso, J M
RESUMO
To investigate the role of protein p3 in bacteriophage phi 29 initiation of replication, we have studied the nature of the covalent linkage between protein p3 and phi 29 DNA. The protein-DNA compound was digested with micrococcal nuclease and pronase resulting in a nucleotidyl-peptide that was further digested by alkaline phosphatase and snake venom phosphodiesterase yielding 5'-dAMP. The DNA-protein linkage is sensitive to alkali. Treatment of the nucleotidyl-peptide with 0.1 M NaOH at 37 degrees C for 3 hr after phosphatase digestion released 5'-dAMP. Hydrolysis of the nucleotidyl-peptide with 5.8 M HCl at 110 degrees C for 90 min yielded O-phosphoserine. These results, together with the sensitivity of the DNA-protein linkage to snake venom phosphodiesterase and its resistance to hydroxylamine, indicate that protein p3 is covalently linked to phi 29 DNA through a phosphoester bond between L-serine and 5'-dAMP, namely a O,5'-deoxyadenylyl-L-serine bond.
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