Nucleic Acids Research, 1978, Vol. 5, No. 6 1947-1954
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Binding of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase to Affi-Gel Blue: rapid purification of the enzyme and binding studies*
Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT 06032, USA
Received March 28, 1978.
Rabbit liver tRNA nucleotidyltransferase bound to columns of Affi-Gel Blue and could be specifically eluted with tRNA. This observation led to development of a rapid purification procedure for the enzyme. The adsorbent was also used to assess interaction of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase with various polynucleotides and substrates. The enzyme could be efficiently desorbed from Affi-Gel Blue by low concentrations of tRNA-C-C, less well by tRNA-C-C-A, and not at all by poly(A), poly(C), ATP or CTP.
* This paper is number 22 in the series, "Reactions at the 3' Terminus of tRNA". The previous paper is reference 6.