A high-throughput exonuclease assay based on the fluorescent base analog 2-aminopurine
Botto, M.; Murthy, S.; Lamers, M.
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Exonucleases are essential enzymes that remove nucleotides from free DNA ends during DNA replication, DNA repair and telomere maintenance. Due to their essential role, they are potential targets for novel anticancer and antimicrobial drugs but have so far have been little exploited. Here we present a simple and versatile real-time exonuclease assay based on 2-aminopurine, an intrinsically fluorescent nucleotide that is quenched by neighboring bases when embedded in DNA. We show that our assay is applicable to different eukaryotic and bacterial exonucleases acting on both 3 and 5 DNA ends, over a wide range of protein activities and suitable for a high throughput inhibitor screening campaign. Using our assay, we discover a novel inhibitor of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PHP-exonuclease that is part of the replicative DNA polymerase DnaE1. Hence, our novel assay will be a useful tool for high throughput screening for novel exonuclease inhibitors that may interfere with DNA replication or DNA maintenance.
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