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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2008

Novobiocin inhibits the self-splicing of the primary transcripts of T4 phage thymidylate synthase gene.

Wi Su Jung, Sook Shin, In Kook Park

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wi Su JungDepartment of Life Science, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea.
Sook Shin
In Kook Park
Dongguk University · KRSahmyook University · KR

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Abstract

Effects of the antibiotic novobiocin on the self-splicing of primary transcripts of the phage T4 thymidylate synthase gene (td) have been investigated. Novobiocin at 10 mM concentration inhibited the splicing by about 5% but at 40 mM concentration the splicing rate was inhibited by about 50%. The novobiocin inhibition of the self-splicing reaction was not reversed even at a high concentration (200 microM) of guanosine. However, increasing the Mg(2+) ion concentrations up to 20 mM almost fully restored the splicing activity to the normal splicing level. The double reciprocal plot analysis demonstrated that novobiocin acts as a mixed noncompetitive inhibitor for the td intron RNA with a K (i) of 90 mM. The splicing inhibition by novobiocin was strongly dependent on Mg(2+) ion concentration, indicating electrostatic interactions with the td intron RNA. It is likely that the antibiotic novobiocin may interfere with the catalytic actions of Mg(2+) ion in the splicing reaction of the td intron RNA.

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Bacteriophage T4Down-RegulationIntronsKineticsMagnesiumModels, BiologicalNovobiocinRNA, CatalyticRNA SplicingRNA, ViralThymidylate SynthaseTime FactorsMagnesiumNovobiocinRNA, CatalyticRNA, ViralThymidylate Synthase

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PMID18443742
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