Barra R, Chiong M, González E, Vásquez C
Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
Biochem J. 1988 Oct 15;255(2):699-703.
A type II modification methylase (M BstVI) was partially purified from the thermophilic bacterium Bacillus stearothermophilus V. The methylase catalyses the transfer of methyl groups from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to unmodified double-stranded DNA. The product of methylation was identified by paper chromatography as N6-methyladenine. Since M BstVI protects DNA against cleavage by BstVI and XhoI restriction endonucleases, it follows that it methylates the adenine residue in the sequence 5'-C-T-C-G-A-G-3'.
从嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌V中部分纯化出II型修饰甲基化酶(M BstVI)。该甲基化酶催化甲基从S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸转移至未修饰的双链DNA。通过纸层析法鉴定出甲基化产物为N6-甲基腺嘌呤。由于M BstVI可保护DNA不被BstVI和XhoI限制性核酸内切酶切割,因此可以推断它会使序列5'-C-T-C-G-A-G-3'中的腺嘌呤残基发生甲基化。