Nasri M, Thomas D
Biomed Biochim Acta. 1986;45(8):997-1005.
A new approach to the mechanism study of DNA restriction is suggested. It is based on enzymatic hydrolysis of DNA in the presence of organic solvent. We found that in the presence of DMSO (10% v/v), the superhelical cleavage of pBR322 DNA by restriction endonucleases SacI and EcoRI proceeds with extensive accumulation of an intermediate, the single-nicked circular DNA, while with PvuII endonuclease the superhelical form is converted directly to the linear form.
提出了一种研究DNA限制机制的新方法。它基于在有机溶剂存在下对DNA进行酶促水解。我们发现,在二甲基亚砜(DMSO,体积分数10%)存在的情况下,限制性内切酶SacI和EcoRI对pBR322 DNA的超螺旋切割过程中,会大量积累一种中间体,即单切口环状DNA,而对于PvuII内切酶,超螺旋形式会直接转化为线性形式。