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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2010

Fusion of GFP to the M.EcoKI DNA methyltransferase produces a new probe of Type I DNA restriction and modification enzymes.

Kai Chen, Gareth A Roberts, Augoustinos S Stephanou, Laurie P Cooper, John H White, David T F Dryden

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Kai ChenSchool of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
Gareth A Roberts
Augoustinos S Stephanou
Laurie P Cooper
John H White
David T F Dryden

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/C511599/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D001870/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust GR080463MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the fusion of enhanced green fluorescent protein to the C-terminus of the HsdS DNA sequence-specificity subunit of the Type I DNA modification methyltransferase M.EcoKI. The fusion expresses well in vivo and assembles with the two HsdM modification subunits. The fusion protein functions as a sequence-specific DNA methyltransferase protecting DNA against digestion by the EcoKI restriction endonuclease. The purified enzyme shows Förster resonance energy transfer to fluorescently-labelled DNA duplexes containing the target sequence and to fluorescently-labelled ocr protein, a DNA mimic that binds to the M.EcoKI enzyme. Distances determined from the energy transfer experiments corroborate the structural model of M.EcoKI.

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Deoxyribonucleases, Type I Site-SpecificDNAFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSite-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)Deoxyribonucleases, Type I Site-SpecificDNADNA modification methylase EcoKIGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSite-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)

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PMID20599730
PMCPMC2914225

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