Structural relationship between DNA polymerases ε and ε⋆and their occurence in eukaryotic cells
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 23 (2) , 244-247
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/23.2.244
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies raised against the N-terminal half of human DNA polymerase epsilon bind both to a large > 200 kDa form of DNA polymerase epsilon from HeLa cells and to a small 140 kDa form (DNA polymerase epsilon*) from calf thymus, while antibody against the C-terminal half binds to DNA polymerase epsilon but does not bind to DNA polymerase epsilon*. These results indicate that the two enzymes have common structural motifs in their N-terminal halves, and that DNA polymerase epsilon* is very likely derived from DNA polymerase epsilon by removal of its C-terminal half. DNA polymerase epsilon as well as DNA polymerase epsilon* was detected in extracts from cells of numerous eukaryotic species from yeast to human. The results indicate that DNA polymerase epsilon and its tendency to occur in a smaller form, DNA polymerase epsilon*, are evolutionarily highly conserved and that DNA polymerase epsilon may occur universally in proliferating eukaryotic cells.Keywords
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