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The type II restriction endonuclease MvaI has dual specificity.


ABSTRACT: The MvaI restriction endonuclease cuts 5'-CC?AGG-3'/5'-CC?TGG-3' sites as indicated by the arrows. N4-methylation of the inner cytosines (C(m4)CAGG/C(m4)CTGG) protects the site against MvaI cleavage. Here, we show that MvaI nicks the G-strand of the related sequence (CCGGG/CCCGG, BcnI site) if the inner cytosines are C5-methylated: C(m5)C?GGG/CC(m5)CGG. At M.SssI-methylated SmaI sites, where two oppositely oriented methylated BcnI sites partially overlap, double-nicking leads to double-strand cleavage (CC(m5)C?GGG/CC(m5)C?GGG) generating fragments with blunt ends. The double-strand cleavage rate and the stringency of substrate site recognition is lower at the methylation-dependent site than at the canonical target site. MvaI is the first restriction endonuclease shown to possess, besides the 'normal' activity on its unmethylated recognition site, also a methylation-directed activity on a different sequence.

SUBMITTER: Stier I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3001055 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The type II restriction endonuclease MvaI has dual specificity.

Stier Ildikó I   Kiss Antal A  

Nucleic acids research 20100806 22


The MvaI restriction endonuclease cuts 5'-CC↓AGG-3'/5'-CC↑TGG-3' sites as indicated by the arrows. N4-methylation of the inner cytosines (C(m4)CAGG/C(m4)CTGG) protects the site against MvaI cleavage. Here, we show that MvaI nicks the G-strand of the related sequence (CCGGG/CCCGG, BcnI site) if the inner cytosines are C5-methylated: C(m5)C↓GGG/CC(m5)CGG. At M.SssI-methylated SmaI sites, where two oppositely oriented methylated BcnI sites partially overlap, double-nicking leads to double-strand cl  ...[more]

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