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Abstract

AR39 contains two different ORFs ( and ) encoding ribonuclease H (RNase H) homologues, Cpn-RNase HII and Cpn-RNase HIII. Sequence alignments show that the two homologues both contain the conserved motifs of type 2 RNase H, and Cpn-RNase HII has the conserved active-site motif (DEDD) of RNase HII. Cpn-RNase HIII also contains a unique active-site motif (DEDE), common to other RNase HIIIs. Complementation assays indicated that Cpn-RNase HII can complement both RNase HII and RNase HI, but Cpn-RNase HIII can only complement the latter. enzyme activity experiments showed that neither Cpn-RNase HII nor Cpn-RNase HIII is thermostable and their optimum pH values were 9.0 and 10.0, respectively. Cpn-RNase HII cleaves a 12 bp RNA–DNA substrate at multiple sites, but Cpn-RNase HIII at only one site. When a 35 bp DNA–RNA–DNA/DNA chimeric substrate was used, cleavage was only observed with Cpn-RNase HII. These results indicate that the RNase H combination of AR39 is not simple substitution of RNase H, perhaps representing a more primordial type. This is believed to be the first functional study of RNase Hs and the results should cntribute to the analysis of RNase Hs of other parasite species.

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