DNA determinants in sequence-specific recognition byXmal endonuclease

Sequence-specific endonuclease BamHI: relaxation of sequence recognition.

The effect of glycerol on the specificity of DNA cleavage by the restriction endonuclease BamHI has been examined. In addition to the canonical G decreases from G-A-T-C-C site, BamHI cuts DNA at several sites that we have named noncanonical BamHI.1 sites. The number of BamHI.1 sites in simian virus 40 and pBR322 was determined to be 13 for each DNA. Cutting sites determined by DNA sequence anal...

A MODEL FOR THE BASIC HELIX- LOOPHELIX MOTIF AND ITS SEQUENCE SPECIFIC RECOGNITION OF DNA

A three dimensional model of the basic Helix-Loop-Helix motif and its sequence specific recognition of DNA is described. The basic-helix I is modeled as a continuous ?-helix because no ?-helix breaking residue is found between the basic region and the first helix. When the basic region of the two peptide monomers are aligned in the successive major groove of the cognate DNA, the hydrophobi...

Structure and DNA-Binding Sites of the SWI1 ARID Suggest Determinants for Sequence-Specific DNA Recognition

"Ultraviolet footprinting" accurately maps sequence-specific contacts and DNA kinking in the EcoRI endonuclease-DNA complex.

The "UV footprinting" technique has been used to detect contacts between EcoRI endonuclease and its recognition sequence at single nucleotide resolution. Comparison of the UV-footprinting results to the published crystal structure of the EcoRI endonuclease-DNA complex allows us to determine how UV light detects protein-DNA contacts. We find that kinking of the DNA helix in the complex greatly e...

Sequence determination of restriction-endonuclease recognition sites.

the enzyme DpnII, produced by another strain of D. pneumoniae, recognizes the same sequence, but is inhibited by this same methylated base. The significance of the occurrence of modified nucleotides in eukaryotic DNA is not as yet understood, although a relationship between modification and gene expression has been proposed by several workers (Waalwijk & Flavell, 1978; Bird et al., 1979). By us...