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ArticleNucleic acids research2009

DNA cleavage and methylation specificity of the single polypeptide restriction-modification enzyme LlaGI.

Rachel M Smith, Fiona M Diffin, Nigel J Savery, Jytte Josephsen, Mark D Szczelkun

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Rachel M SmithDNA-Protein Interactions Unit, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
Fiona M Diffin
Nigel J Savery
Jytte Josephsen
Mark D Szczelkun

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D009715/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F007361/1Wellcome Trust 067439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LlaGI is a single polypeptide restriction-modification enzyme encoded on the naturally-occurring plasmid pEW104 isolated from Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris W10. Bioinformatics analysis suggests that the enzyme contains domains characteristic of an mrr endonuclease, a superfamily 2 DNA helicase and a gamma-family adenine methyltransferase. LlaGI was expressed and purified from a recombinant clone and its properties characterised. An asymmetric recognition sequence was identified, 5'-CTnGAyG-3' (where n is A, G, C or T and y is C or T). Methylation of the recognition site occurred on only one strand (the non-degenerate dA residue of 5'-CrTCnAG-3' being methylated at the N6 position). Double strand DNA breaks at distant, random sites were only observed when two head-to-head oriented, unmethylated copies of the site were present; single sites or pairs in tail-to-tail or head-to-tail repeat only supported a DNA nicking activity. dsDNA nuclease activity was dependent upon the presence of ATP or dATP. Our results are consistent with a directional long-range communication mechanism that is necessitated by the partial site methylation. In the accompanying manuscript [Smith et al. (2009) The single polypeptide restriction-modification enzyme LlaGI is a self-contained molecular motor that translocates DNA loops], we demonstrate that this communication is via 1-dimensional DNA loop translocation. On the basis of this data and that in the third accompanying manuscript [Smith et al. (2009) An Mrr-family nuclease motif in the single polypeptide restriction-modification enzyme LlaGI], we propose that LlaGI is the prototype of a new sub-classification of Restriction-Modification enzymes, named Type I SP (for Single Polypeptide).

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DNA CleavageDNA MethylationDNA Restriction-Modification EnzymesKineticsNucleotidesSubstrate SpecificityDNA Restriction-Modification EnzymesLlaGI restriction-modification systemNucleotides

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PMID19808936
PMCPMC2790903

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