3'-DEOXY-3'-FLUOROTHYMIDINETRIPHOSPHATE - INHIBITOR AND TERMINATOR OF DNA-SYNTHESIS CATALYZED BY DNA POLYMERASE-BETA, TERMINAL DEOXYNUCLEOTIDYL TRANSFERASE AND DNA-POLYMERASE I

  • 1 January 1985
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 44  (10) , K63-K73
Abstract
3''-deoxy-3''-fluorothymidine-5''-triphosphate (dFTTP) was examined with respect to its capacity to inhibit and to terminate DNA-synthesis catalysed by DNA polymerases .alpha. and .beta., terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment). In analogy with 2'', 3''-dideoxythymidine-5''-triphosphate (ddTTP) it was found that DNA polymerase .beta. was much more sensitive to dFTTP inhibition than DNA polymerase .alpha.. Moreover, the activity of TdT is strongly inhibited by both dFTTP and ddTTP, whereas the two compounds displayed a lower inhibitory potency on DNA polymerase I. Except for DNA polymerase .alpha., the other investigated DNA polymerases are able to incorporate dFTTP into poly (dA) .cntdot. oligo (dT) and oligo (dG), respectively. The specific chain-terminating activity of dFTTP has proved for DNA sequencing to be at least equivalent to ddTTP.

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