Kinetic properties of poly (2'-O-methylcytidylic acid) -directed reverse transcriptase reaction

Aoyama, H.

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 21(3): 445-448

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0100-879X
PMID: 2465802
Document Number: 322492
Poly (2'-O-methylcytidylic acid) is recognized as a template in reactions catalyzed by RNA-dependent DNA polymerases in the presence of Mn2+ as divalent cation. We report that kinetic data obtained for dGTP and template under optimal experimental conditions in the reaction catalyzed by reverse transcriptase showed some similarities between the poly (2'-O-methylcytidylic acid)/Mn2+ and polyribocytidylic acid/Mg2+ systems. The reaction was inhibited by the action of N-ethylmaleimide and novobiocin, and to a lesser extent by ethidium bromide and tetramethyl ethidium bromide.

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