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Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids Volume 26, 2007 - Issue 10-12
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Kinetics of C. Elegans DcpS Cap Hydrolysis Studied by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

J. Wierzchowski Department of Biophysics, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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M. Pietrzak Department of Biophysics, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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J. Stepinski Department of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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J. Jemielity Department of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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M. Kalek Department of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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E. Bojarska Department of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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M. Jankowska-Anyszka Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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R. E. Davis Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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E. Darzynkiewicz Department of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Pages 1211-1215 | Published online: 05 Dec 2007
 
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Abstract

DcpS (scavenger decapping enzyme) from nematode C. elegans readily hydrolyzes both monomethyl- and trimethylguanosine cap analogues. The reaction was followed fluorimetrically. The marked increase of fluorescence intensity after the cleavage of pyrophosphate bond in dinucleotides was used to determine Km and Vmaxvalues. Kinetic parameters were similar for both classes of substrates and only slightly dependent on pH. The hydrolysis was strongly inhibited by methylene cap analogues (m7Gp(CH2)ppG and m7Gpp(CH2)pG) and less potently by ARCA (m7,3′ OGpppG).

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