摘要 |
<p>A thermostable enzyme having polymerase activity and substantially no nuclease activity is provided. The thermostable enzyme is characterized by comprising a sequence of nine amino acid residues at least proximal to the N-terminus that has less than 50 % but greater than 40 % amino acid sequence identity with residues 280 to 288 of the naturally occurring Thermus aquaticus polymerase. The subject enzyme finds use in a variety of different applications in which polynucleotides are enzymatically produced, particularly in PCR based applications.</p> |