Open AccessProperties of the nucleases of mollicutes
Author(s) -
Jonathan D. Pollack,
Péter Hoffmann
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.152.1.538-541.1982
Subject(s) - mollicutes , biology , endonuclease , mycoplasma pneumoniae , deoxyribonucleases , mycoplasma , deoxyribonuclease , mycoplasmataceae , microbiology and biotechnology , spiroplasma , ribonuclease , rnase p , enzyme , biochemistry , rna , history , archaeology , gene , pneumonia
Extracts of the Mollicutes Acholeplasma equifetale, Acholeplasma laidlawii B, Mycoplasma arthritidis. Mycoplasma pulmonis, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae had DNase and endonuclease activity. A. laidlawii B had at least two peaks of DNase activity in sucrose gradients with sedimentation coefficients of 3.1S and 4.3S. These fractions also had endonuclease activity with different substrate specificities. A. laidlawii B may have more than two peaks of endonuclease activity in sucrose gradients.