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Generation of DNA cleavage specificities of type II restriction endonucleases by reassortment of target recognition domains.

ABSTRACT: Type II restriction endonucleases (REases) cleave double-stranded DNA at specific sites within or close to their recognition sequences. Shortly after their discovery in 1970, REases have become one of the primary tools in molecular biology. However, the list of available specificities of type II REases is relatively short despite the extensive search for them in natural sources and multiple attempts to artificially change their specificity. In this study, we examined the possibility of generating cleavage specificities of REases by swapping putative target recognition domains (TRDs) between the type IIB enzymes AloI, PpiI, and TstI. Our results demonstrate that individual TRDs recognize distinct parts of the bipartite DNA targets of these enzymes and are interchangeable. Based on these properties, we engineered a functional type IIB REase having previously undescribed DNA specificity. Our study suggests that the TRD-swapping approach may be used as a general technique for the generation of type II enzymes with predetermined specificities.

SUBMITTER: Jurenaite-Urbanaviciene S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1965518 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Generation of DNA cleavage specificities of type II restriction endonucleases by reassortment of target recognition domains.

Jurenaite-Urbanaviciene Sonata S Serksnaite Jurgita J Kriukiene Edita E Giedriene Jolanta J Venclovas Ceslovas C Lubys Arvydas A

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070606 25

Type II restriction endonucleases (REases) cleave double-stranded DNA at specific sites within or close to their recognition sequences. Shortly after their discovery in 1970, REases have become one of the primary tools in molecular biology. However, the list of available specificities of type II REases is relatively short despite the extensive search for them in natural sources and multiple attempts to artificially change their specificity. In this study, we examined the possibility of generatin ...[more]

PMID: 17553965

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Project description:More than 3000 type II restriction endonucleases have been discovered. They recognize short, usually palindromic, sequences of 4-8 bp and, in the presence of Mg(2+), cleave the DNA within or in close proximity to the recognition sequence. The orthodox type II enzymes are homodimers which recognize palindromic sites. Depending on particular features subtypes are classified. All structures of restriction enzymes show a common structural core comprising four beta-strands and one alpha-helix. Furthermore, two families of enzymes can be distinguished which are structurally very similar (EcoRI-like enzymes and EcoRV-like enzymes). Like other DNA binding proteins, restriction enzymes are capable of non-specific DNA binding, which is the prerequisite for efficient target site location by facilitated diffusion. Non-specific binding usually does not involve interactions with the bases but only with the DNA backbone. In contrast, specific binding is characterized by an intimate interplay between direct (interaction with the bases) and indirect (interaction with the backbone) readout. Typically approximately 15-20 hydrogen bonds are formed between a dimeric restriction enzyme and the bases of the recognition sequence, in addition to numerous van der Waals contacts to the bases and hydrogen bonds to the backbone, which may also be water mediated. The recognition process triggers large conformational changes of the enzyme and the DNA, which lead to the activation of the catalytic centers. In many restriction enzymes the catalytic centers, one in each subunit, are represented by the PD. D/EXK motif, in which the two carboxylates are responsible for Mg(2+) binding, the essential cofactor for the great majority of enzymes. The precise mechanism of cleavage has not yet been established for any enzyme, the main uncertainty concerns the number of Mg(2+) ions directly involved in cleavage. Cleavage in the two strands usually occurs in a concerted fashion and leads to inversion of configuration at the phosphorus. The products of the reaction are DNA fragments with a 3'-OH and a 5'-phosphate.

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Generation of DNA cleavage specificities of type II restriction endonucleases by reassortment of target recognition domains.

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Generation of DNA cleavage specificities of type II restriction endonucleases by reassortment of target recognition domains.

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