Xia Y, Burbank D E, Van Etten J L
Nucleic Acids Res. 1986 Aug 11;14(15):6017-30. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.15.6017.
A type II restriction endonuclease, CviBI, was isolated from a eukaryotic, Chlorella-like green alga infected with the dsDNA containing virus NC-1A. The enzyme recognizes the sequence GANTC and cleaves DNA between the G and A. Methylation of deoxyadenosine in the GANTC sequence probably inhibits enzyme activity. In vitro CviBI cleaves host nuclear DNA but not viral DNA. A survey of 18 other viruses which infect the same Chlorella sp. revealed that infection with 5 of these viruses also induced a restriction endonuclease which cleaves DNA into the same size fragments as CviBI.
一种II型限制性内切酶CviBI是从感染了含双链DNA病毒NC-1A的类似小球藻的真核绿藻中分离出来的。该酶识别序列GANTC,并在G和A之间切割DNA。GANTC序列中的脱氧腺苷甲基化可能会抑制酶的活性。在体外,CviBI可切割宿主核DNA,但不切割病毒DNA。对另外18种感染同一小球藻属物种的病毒进行的调查显示,其中5种病毒的感染也诱导产生了一种限制性内切酶,该酶将DNA切割成与CviBI相同大小的片段。