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Abstract:
A ribonuclease isolated earlier from bovine seminal plasma by DNA-affinity chromatography (Ramakrishnamurti, T. and Pandit, M.W. (1983) J. Chromatogr. 260, 216-222) has now been shown by thermal denaturation studies to destabilize the double-helical structure of DNA and poly[d(A-T).d(A-T)]. Thermal denaturation profiles of DNA in the presence of the protein are much more complicated due to the denaturation of protein itself in the temperature range over which DNA predominantly melts. The protein shows relatively stronger affinity towards denatured DNA as compared to native DNA. The action of micrococcal nuclease on DNA and its complexes with ribonuclease A and bovine seminal ribonuclease indicates that both of these proteins destabilize the double-helical structure of native DNA and thereby render the DNA more sensitive to the micrococcal nuclease.
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