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Using ϕX174 replicative form (RF) DNA as an in vivo probe, we have investigated the coordinated action of the 5′→3′ exonuclease and polymerase activities of DNA polymerase I in order to understand better its physiological role. We constructed double mutants containing the rep mutation (the replication of ϕX174 RF does not occur in rep mutants) together with a mutation affecting DNA polymerase I, either polA12 or polA546ex. Using these mutants, which are believed to be thermosensitive in the polymerase function or the 5′→3′ exonuclease function respectively, we studied the kinetics of nick translation at the permissive and non-permissive temperatures in vivo. The substrate was the ϕX174 replicative form DNA nicked by the ϕX174 gene A protein. E. coli rep polA546ex gave the lowest rate of nick translation, although the ability to perform nick translation, at least as measured by our assay, was still present. E. coli rep polA12 showed a similar low rate at the non-permissive temperature but a rate close to the wildtype level at the permissive temperature. Formation of the parental replicative form molecule in either strain was affected little, even at the restrictive temperature. Our results suggest that DNA polymerase I may not play a major role in ongoing DNA replication.
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Hours, C., Denhardt, D.T. “Nick translation” in Escherichia coli rep strains deficient in DNA polymerase I activities. Molec. Gen. Genet. 172, 73–80 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276217
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