DNA Unwinding Enzyme II of Escherichia coli

Abstract
A DNA-stimulated ATP-.gamma.-phosphohydrolase of MW 75,000 was purified from E. coli cells. The ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3], a globular molecule (probably identical with an ATPase described previously) shows specificity for adenine nucleotides, it prefers single-stranded DNA as the cofactor, it exhibits a complicated mode of response to variations of the cofactor concentration and it is devoid of nuclease activity. Preparations derived from rep3 mutant cells yield widely varying amounts of an apparently normal ATPase.