Figure 8

In vitro hydrolysis of DNA and RNA by Carocin S2. (A) Analysis of the DNase activity of carocin S2. Lane M, the HindIII-digested λ DNA marker; lane 1, genomic DNA only; lanes 2 and 3, genomic DNA treated or untreated with carocin S2 in buffer, respectively; lane 4, equal quantity of EcoRI-digested genomic DNA. The 5'-labeled total RNA (B) and 3'-labeled total RNA (C) (1 μg of RNA per sample) were incubated without (lane 1) or with 1 μg (lane 2), 100 ng (lane 3), 10 ng (lane 4), or 1 ng (lane 5) of Carocin S2 and the result was assessed by autoradiography. The arrowhead indicates that the RNA segment digested from ribosome. Equal amounts of Carocin S2I and Carocin S2K mixed before RNA digestion (lane 6).