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Mutational analysis of polynucleotide phosphorylase from Escherichia coli.
Journal of molecular biology - 16 Aug 2002
Jarrige Anne, Bréchemier-Baey Dominique, Mathy Nathalie, Duché Ophélie, Portier Claude
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Polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), a homotrimeric exoribonuclease present in bacteria, is involved in mRNA degradation. In Escherichia coli, expression of this enzyme is autocontrolled at the translational level. We introduced about 30 mutations in the pnp gene by site-directed mutagenesis, most of them in phylogenetically conserved residues, and determined their effects on the three catalytic activities of...
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