Research Article

Enhancement of Polymerase Activity of the Large Fragment in DNA Polymerase I from Geobacillus stearothermophilus by Site-Directed Mutagenesis at the Active Site

Table 1

Oligonucleotides used in substitution mutagenesis for 10 residues of Bst DNA pol LF.

MutagenesisPrimer nameSequence

G310AF (5′-3′)GTGGTGCACCCCGTGACGGCGAAAGTGCACACGATGTTCAATCAG
R (5′-3′)CTGATTGAACATCGTGTGCACTTTCGCCGTCACGGGGTGCACCAC
G310LF (5′-3′)GTGGTGCACCCCGTGACGCTCAAAGTGCACACGATGTTCAATCAG
R (5′-3′)CTGATTGAACATCGTGTGCACTTTGAGCGTCACGGGGTGCACCAC
D540AF (5′-3′)CGCCTGTTGCTGCAAGTGCATGCAGAACTGATTTTGGAGGCGCCGAAAGA
R (5′-3′)CTCTTTCGGCGCCTCCAAAATCAGTTCTGCATGCACTTGCAGCAACAGGCG
D540EF (5′-3′)CGCCTGTTGCTGCAAGTGCATGAAGAACTGATTTTGGAGGCGCCGAAAGA
R (5′-3′)CTCTTTCGGCGCCTCCAAAATCAGTTCTTCATGCACTTGCAGCAACAGGCG
R412AF (5′-3′)CGAAGAAGACGTGACAGCCAACATGCACGCCAAGCGAAGGCCGTCAATT
R (5′-3′)AATTGACGGCCTTCGCTTGGCGTGCCATGTTGGCTGTCACGTCTTCTTCG
R412EF (5′-3′)CGAAGAAGACGTGACAGCCAACATGGAACGCCAAGCGAAGGCCGTCAATT
R (5′-3′)AATTGACGGCCTTCGCTTGGCGTTCCATGTTGGCTGTCACGTCTTCTTCG
K416AF (5′-3′)GTGACAGCCAACATGCGCCGCCAAGCGGCAGCCGTCAATTTTGGCA
R (5′-3′)TGCCAAAATTGACGGCTGCCGCTTGGCGGCGCATGTTGGCTGTCAC
K416DF (5′-3′)GTGACAGCCAACATGCGCCGCCAAGCGGATGCCGTCAATTTTGGCA
R (5′-3′)TGCCAAAATTGACGGCATCCGCTTGGCGGCGCATGTTGGCTGTCAC
G310A-D540EF (5′-3′)GTGGTGCACCCCGTGACGGCGAAAGTGCACACGATGTTCAATCAG
R (5′-3′)CTGATTGAACATCGTGTGCACTTTCGCCGTCACGGGGTGCACCAC
G310L-D540EF (5′-3′)GTGGTGCACCCCGTGACGCTCAAAGTGCACACGATGTTCAATCAG
R (5′-3′)CTGATTGAACATCGTGTGCACTTTGAGCGTCACGGGGTGCACCAC

Underlined sequences indicate the mutant codons.