## Abstract The effects of heat, sodium hypochlorite, diethyl ether, and ethyl alcohol on the activity of DNA polymerase (DNA‐P) associated with hepatitis B virsus (HBV) in serum were evaluated. The response of DNA‐P to heating at 60°C for 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, and 240 minutes was studied a
Inactivation of human hepatitis b virus dna polymerase by pyridoxal 5′-phosphate
✍ Scribed by Sang-Hwan Oh; Yeon-Hee Park; Koo Woo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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✦ Synopsis
Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA polymerase activity was inhibited by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) specifically and noncompetitively with respect to deoxythymidine triphosphate (dTTP). NaBH, reduction of PLP-HBV core proteins resulted in the complete inactivation of HBV DNA polymerase, and PLP modification of the enzyme was thought to be mediated through Schiff-base formation.
HBV DNA polymerase has a Michaelis constant (Km) of 0.31 p, M for dTTP and an apparent inhibition constant (Ki) of 0.2 mM for PLP. Its inactivation and modification by PLP may be useful in the study of not only the reaction mechanism of catalysis, but also the physicochemical nature of the enzyme.
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