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Cloning and analysis of the restriction-modification system LlaBI, a bacteriophage resistance system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56.

ABSTRACT: The genes coding for the type II restriction-modification (R/M) system LlaBI, which recognized the sequence 5'-C decreases TRYAG-3', have been cloned from a plasmid in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56 and sequenced. The DNA sequence predicts an endonuclease of 299 amino acids (33 kDa) and a methylase of 580 amino acids (65 kDa). A 4.0-kb HindIII fragment in pSA3 was able to restrict bacteriophages, showing that the cloned R/M system can function as a phage defense mechanism in L. lactis.

SUBMITTER: Nyengaard NR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC168150 | biostudies-other | 1996 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Cloning and analysis of the restriction-modification system LlaBI, a bacteriophage resistance system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56.

Nyengaard N R NR Falkenberg-Klok J J Josephsen J J

Applied and environmental microbiology 19960901 9

The genes coding for the type II restriction-modification (R/M) system LlaBI, which recognized the sequence 5'-C decreases TRYAG-3', have been cloned from a plasmid in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56 and sequenced. The DNA sequence predicts an endonuclease of 299 amino acids (33 kDa) and a methylase of 580 amino acids (65 kDa). A 4.0-kb HindIII fragment in pSA3 was able to restrict bacteriophages, showing that the cloned R/M system can function as a phage defense mechanism in L. lactis. ...[more]

PMID: 8795244

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Cloning and analysis of the restriction-modification system LlaBI, a bacteriophage resistance system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56.

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Cloning and analysis of the restriction-modification system LlaBI, a bacteriophage resistance system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56.

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