Abstract:
:We describe the fusion of enhanced green fluorescent protein to the C-terminus of the HsdS DNA sequence-specificity subunit of the Type I DNA modification methyltransferase M.EcoKI. The fusion expresses well in vivo and assembles with the two HsdM modification subunits. The fusion protein functions as a sequence-specific DNA methyltransferase protecting DNA against digestion by the EcoKI restriction endonuclease. The purified enzyme shows Förster resonance energy transfer to fluorescently-labelled DNA duplexes containing the target sequence and to fluorescently-labelled ocr protein, a DNA mimic that binds to the M.EcoKI enzyme. Distances determined from the energy transfer experiments corroborate the structural model of M.EcoKI.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Chen K,Roberts GA,Stephanou AS,Cooper LP,White JH,Dryden DTdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.069subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-07-23 00:00:00pages
254-9issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(10)01195-2journal_volume
398pub_type
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