Purification of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase with heparin-agarose. In vitro transcription of phi 29 DNA
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Purification of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase with heparin-agarose. In vitro transcription of phi 29 DNA
Abstract
We have devised a new procedure for the purification of highly active preparations of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase holoenzyme. A column of heparin-agarose A-15m is used to rapidly and quantitatively adsorb RNA polymerase from the initial crude extract fraction. This affinity procedure obviates the necessity of including nucleic acid precipitation or partitioning steps and allows for rapid separation of RNA polymerase from proteolytic activity. The enzyme is further purified by preparative glycerol gradient centrifugation resulting in an overall purification in 200-fold in 24 h with near quantitative recovery of polymerase protein and activity. RNA polymerase holoenzyme is obtained by chromatography on single-stranded DNA-agarose. The in vitro transcription products made by purified preparations of B. subtilis and Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzymes in response to B. subtilis phage phi 29 DNA have been analyzed, and an in vitro transcription map is presented. The E. coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme initiates transcription from three promoter sites not efficiently utilized by the B. subtilis holoenzyme under optimal conditions for RNA synthesis.
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