摘要:
Methods are provided for converting into a sequence specific strand specific and location specific DNA nicking endonuclease, a restriction endonuclease that recognizes an asymmetric DNA sequence, the endonuclease having two catalytic sites and one or more single sequence specific DNA-binding domains. In one embodiment the method requires inactivating one of the catalytic sites of the restriction endonuclease. In another embodiment, the restriction endonuclease is a dimer having a first and second subunit each comprising a sequence specific DNA binding domain, a catalytic site and a dimerization domain. The nicking endonuclease is formed from combining one subunit having an inactivated catalytic site and a second subunit having an inactivated DNA binding domain. The nicking endonuclease may be converted into a restriction endonuclease by the addition of manganese cations in the digestion buffer.
摘要:
A recombinant restriction endonuclease from Anabaena variabilis is provided, as well as the isolated gene which encodes it and methods for the production of the recombinant AvaI restriction endonuclease. An isolated gene encoding a modification methylase from A. variabilis is also provided.
摘要:
Methods for cloning restriction enzymes and their corresponding modification enzymes by selecting clones resistant to digestion by the restriction enzyme and subsequent selection of clones containing the restriction gene.
摘要:
Methods for cloning restriction enzymes and their corresponding modification enzymes by selecting clones resistant to in vitro digestion by the restriction enzyme and subsequent screening to identify those clones containing the restriction gene.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for cloning and producing the MwoI restriction endonuclease by 1) introducing the restriction endonuclease gene from M. wolfei into a host whereby the restriction gene is expressed; 2) fermenting the host which contains the plasmid encoding and expressing the MwoI restriction endonuclease activity, and 3) purifying the MwoI restriction endonuclease from the fermented host which contains the plasmid encoding and expressing the MwoI restriction endonuclease activity.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for cloning and producing the FokI restriction endonuclease by (1) introducing the restriction endonuclease gene from Flavobacterium okeanokoites IFO 12536 into a host whereby the restriction gene is expressed; (2) fermenting the host which contains the vector encoding and expressing the FokI restriction endonuclease, and (3) purifying the FokI restriction endonuclease from the fermented host which contains the vector encoding and expressing the FokI restriction endonuclease activity.
摘要:
RsaI, a restriction enzyme from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides, recognizes the DNA sequence 5′-GTAC-3′. Because RsaI is commercially valuable, we sought to overproduce it by cloning the genes for RsaI and its accompanying, modification, enzyme. The ‘methylase-selection’ method, the customary procedure for cloning restriction and modification genes, was applied to RsaI. The method yielded clones containing the methylase gene (rsaIM), but none containing both the methylase gene and the restriction gene (rsaIR). Inverse-PCR was then used to recover sections of the DNA downstream of rsaIM. These sections were sequenced, and the sequences were joined in silico to reveal the gene organization of the RsaI R-M system. By comparing the coding potential of the DNA with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified RsaI restriction enzyme, we discovered that the RsaI R and M genes, rather than being adjacent-the situation that pertains in most R-M systems-are separated by an intervening gene of unknown function. Based on this information, the rsaIR gene was cloned by PCR instead of methylase-selection. These new clones proved to be highly unstable, however, even in the presence of the rsaIM gene. Various attempts were made to stabilize the gene, but most met with failure. Stability was finally achieved by introducing a second methylase gene, mjaVM, to augment the protection provided by rsaIM, and by tightly controlling the expression of rsaIR using a special two-promoter, anti-sense transcription, expression vector.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for cloning and producing the XmaI restriction endonuclease by (1) introducing the restriction endonuclease gene from X. malvacaerum into a host whereby the restriction gene is expressed; (2) fermenting the host which contains the plasmid encoding and expressing the XmaI restriction endonuclease activity, and (3) purifying the XmaI restriction endonuclease from the fermented host which contains the plasmid encoding and expressing the XmaI restriction endonuclease activity.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for cloning and producing the HhaI restriction endonuclease by (1) introducing the restriction endonuclease gene from Haemophilus haemolyticus ATCC 10014 into a host whereby the restriction gene is expressed; (2) fermenting the host which contains the vector encoding and expressing the HhaI restriction endonuclease, and (3) purifying the HhaI restriction endonuclease from the fermented host which contains the vector encoding and expressing the HhaI restriction endonuclease activity.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a method for cloning and producing the HgiAI restriction endonuclease by (1) introducing the restriction endonuclease gene from Herpetosiphon giganteus into a host whereby the restriction gene is expressed; (2) fermenting the host which contains the vector encoding and expressing the HgiAI restriction endonuclease, and (3) purifying the HgiAI restriction endonuclease from the fermented host which contains the vector encoding and expressing the HgiAI restriction endonuclease activity.