Danaher R J, Stein D C
Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD.
Gene. 1990 Apr 30;89(1):129-32. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90215-d.
A type-II RM system, HjaI, was identified in the marine bacterium, Hyphomonas jannaschiana. The ENase recognizes GATATC, and DNA fragments generated after cleavage with this enzyme contain blunt ends. A DNA fragment encoding these enzymes was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, although the level of expression of the cloned genes was low. DNA methylated by M.HjaI was not restricted by the Mcr or Mrr restriction systems of E. coli. Although H. jannaschiana is a marine bacterium isolated near the thermal vents on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, the biochemical properties of the ENase were similar to those of EcoRV, an isoschizomer isolated from E. coli.
