Open AccessGene Cloning and Polymerase Chain Reaction with Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen fromThermococcus kodakaraensisKOD1
Author(s) -
Masao Kitabayashi,
Yoshiaki Nishiya,
Muneharu Esaka,
Mitsuo Itakura,
Tadayuki Imanaka
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bioscience biotechnology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1347-6947
pISSN - 0916-8451
DOI - 10.1271/bbb.66.2194
Subject(s) - proliferating cell nuclear antigen , thermococcus , dna polymerase , dna clamp , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , dna polymerase delta , primer (cosmetics) , dna replication , polymerase , dna polymerase ii , molecular cloning , dna , polymerase chain reaction , gene , chemistry , genetics , reverse transcriptase , complementary dna , organic chemistry , archaea
The gene encoding the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a sliding clamp of DNA polymerases, was cloned from an euryarchaeote, Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1. The PCNA homologue, designated Tk-PCNA, contained 249 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 28,200 Da and was 84.3% identical to that from Pyrococcus furiosus. Tk-PCNA was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified. This protein stimulated the primer extension abilities of the DNA polymerase from T. kodakaraensis KOD1 'KOD DNA polymerase'. The stimulatory effect of Tk-PCNA was observed when a circular DNA template was used and was equally effective on both circular and linear DNA. The Tk-PCNA improved the sensitivity of PCR without adverse effects on fidelity with the KOD DNA polymerase. This is the first report in which a replication-related factor worked on PCR.
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