Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the HincII restriction-modification system.
AUTOR(ES)
Ito, H
RESUMO
Two genes, coding for the HincII from Haemophilus influenzae Rc restriction-modification system, were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli RR1. Their DNA sequences were determined. The HincII methylase (M.HincII) gene was 1,506 base pairs (bp) long, corresponding to a protein of 502 amino acid residues (Mr = 55,330). The HincII endonuclease (R.HincII) gene was 774 bp long, corresponding to a protein of 258 amino acid residues (Mr = 28,490). The amino acid residues predicted from the R.HincII and the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme found by analysis were identical. These methylase and endonuclease genes overlapped by 1 bp on the H. influenzae Rc chromosomal DNA. The clone, named E. coli RR1-Hinc, overproduced R.HincII. The R.HincII activity of this clone was 1,000-fold that from H. influenzae Rc. The amino acid sequence of M.HincII was compared with the sequences of four other adenine-specific type II methylases. Important homology was found between tne M.HincII and these other methylases.
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