Nucleic Acids Research, 1975, Vol. 2, No. 6 865-872
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Specific cleavage of tRNA by nuclease S1
Department of Physiological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
Received April 9, 1975.
Nuclease S1 specifically hydrolizes tRNAs in their anticodon loops, forming new 5' phosphate and 3' OH ends. Some single-stranded regions are not cut by nuclease S1. The strong preference of nuclease S1 for the anticodon region can be used for rapid identification of an anticodon-containing oligonucleotide and subsequent identification of the probable amino acid specificity of tRNA.
*Present address: National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.