M.BstF5I-2 and M.BstF5I-4 DNA methyltransferases from BstF5I restriction-modification system of Bacillus stearothermophilus F5

Biochemistry (Mosc). 2003 Sep;68(9):967-75. doi: 10.1023/a:1026004427401.

Abstract

The BstF5I restriction-modification system from Bacillus stearothermophilus F5 includes four site-specific DNA methyltransferases, thus differing from all known restriction-modification systems. Here we demonstrated for the first time that one bacterial cell can possess two pairs of methylases with identical substrate specificities (methylases BstF5I-1 and BstF5I-3 recognize GGATG, whereas methylases BstF5I-2 and BstF5I-4 recognize CATCC) that modify adenine residues on both DNA strands. Different chromatographic methods provide homogenous preparations of methylases BstF5I-2 and BstF5I-4. We estimated the principal kinetic parameters of the reaction of transfer of methyl group from the donor S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the recognition site 5;-CATCC-3; catalyzed by BstF5I-2 and BstF5I-4 DNA [N6-adenine]-methyltransferases from the BstF5I restriction-modification system.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriophage lambda / genetics
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Methylation
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • DNA, Viral / metabolism
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / metabolism*
  • Geobacillus stearothermophilus / enzymology*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Kinetics
  • Salts / pharmacology
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / isolation & purification
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / metabolism*
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Temperature

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • Salts
  • DNA modification methylase FokI
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)
  • endodeoxyribonuclease FokI
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific