Peakman Luke J, Szczelkun Mark D
DNA-Protein Interactions Unit, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Jul;37(12):3934-45. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp267. Epub 2009 Apr 28.
In the absence of the methyl donor S-adenosyl methionine and under certain permissive reaction conditions, EcoPI shows non-specific endonuclease activity. We show here that the cofactor analogue S-adenosyl homocysteine promotes this promiscuous DNA cleavage. Additionally, an extensive exonuclease-like processing of the DNA is also observed that can even result in digestion of non-specific DNA in trans. We suggest a model for how DNA communication events initiating from non-specific sites, and in particular free DNA ends, could produce the observed cleavage patterns.
在缺乏甲基供体S-腺苷甲硫氨酸且在某些允许的反应条件下,EcoPI表现出非特异性核酸内切酶活性。我们在此表明,辅因子类似物S-腺苷高半胱氨酸促进了这种杂乱的DNA切割。此外,还观察到对DNA进行广泛的类似核酸外切酶的加工,甚至可导致反式非特异性DNA的消化。我们提出了一个模型,说明从非特异性位点(特别是游离DNA末端)起始的DNA通讯事件如何产生观察到的切割模式。