DNA Replication by a membrane-DNA complex from rat liver mitochondria |
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Authors: | Clyde W Shearman George F Kalf |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The results presented here indicate that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) synthesis occurs on the inner mitochondrial membrane and that a membrane-DNA complex, enriched in newly synthesized DNA, can be isolated. The complex is able to synthesize DNA in vitro. Enrichment studies demonstrated that mtDNA synthesis occurs on an intact membrane-DNA complex in vitro and that pulse-labeled mtDNA could be chased from the membrane-DNA complex to the top fraction of the discontinuous sucrose gradient. The membrane-DNA complex was also shown to carry out replicative synthesis of mtDNA in vitro. Replication was shown to be asynchronous with heavy-strand synthesis preceding light-strand synthesis. The progression of mtDNA replication by the membrane-DNA complex was shown to be from small fragments (<13 S) to larger fragments (14–24 S) liberated from closed circular molecules, to a heat-stable 27 S molecule, and finally to a 38 S heat-stable molecule. The time estimated to progress from small fragments to the 38 S molecule is 120 min. |
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