Meaning of catenase | Babel Free

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A hypothetical enzyme that leads to the catenation of separated DNA strands.

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“Nevertheless there remains the possibility that the action of the catenase when the chromosomes are pulled apart during cell division could unlink the daughter molecules.”

“I will digress briefly to tell you about a remarkably active catenase activity (unpublished observation by R. Low and A. Kornberg) .”

“It is also interesting to note that two years before the discovery of the catenation-decatenation activity of DNA gyrase, Pohl and Roberts examined the possible existence of a new enzyme, the "catenase" which would make the alignment problem insignificant.”

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