Determinants of EcoRI endonuclease sequence discrimination.
AUTOR(ES)
Needels, M C
RESUMO
The arginine at position 200 of EcoRI endonuclease is thought to make two hydrogen bonds to the guanine of the sequence GAATTC and thus be an important determinant of sequence discrimination. Arg-200 was replaced by each of the other 19 naturally occurring amino acids, and the mutant endonucleases were assessed for activities in vivo and in vitro. The mutant endonuclease with lysine at position 200 exhibits the most in vivo activity of all the position 200 mutants, although the in vitro activity is less than 1/100th of wild-type activity. Five other mutants show more drastically reduced levels of in vivo activity (Cys, Pro, Val, Ser, and Trp). The Cys, Val, and Ser mutant enzymes appear to have in vivo activity which is specific for the wild-type canonical site despite the loss of hydrogen bonding potential at position 200. The Pro and Trp mutants retain in vivo activity which is independent of the presence of the EcoRI methylase. In crude cell lysates, only the Cys mutant shows a very low level of in vitro activity. None of the mutant enzymes show a preference for alternative sites in assays in vitro. The implications of these results are discussed.
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