Abstract

The protein coded by a bleomycin-resistance gene ( ble) cloned from producing actinomycetes was purified from a culture of a recombinant E.coli strain and its action on bleomycin was determined by in vitro assays. The protein binds reversibly in a one to one ratio to bleomycin which can no longer cleave DNA. The bleomycin resistance of cells harboring a ble gene could be accounted for by a sequestering effect of the bleomycin-binding protein.

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