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Polynucleotide phosphorylase protects Escherichia coli against oxidative stress.
Biochemistry - 10 Mar 2009
Wu Jinhua, Jiang Zhe, Liu Min, Gong Xin, Wu Shaohui, Burns Christopher M, Li Zhongwei
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) primarily functions in RNA degradation. It is an exoribonuclease and integral component of the multienzyme RNA degradosome complex [Carpousis et al. (1994) Cell 76, 889]. PNPase was previously shown to specifically bind a synthetic RNA containing the oxidative lesion 8-hydroxyguanine (8-oxoG) [Hayakawa et al. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 9977], suggesting a...
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