title: Cloning and expression of the HpaI restriction-modification genes.
abstract: The genes from Haemophilus parainfluenzae encoding the HpaI restriction-modification system were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. From the DNA sequence, we predicted the HpaI endonuclease (R.HpaI) to have 254 amino acid residues (Mr 29,630) and the HpaI methyltransferase (M.HpaI) to have 314 amino acid residues (37,390). The R.HpaI and M.HpaI genes overlapped by 16 base pairs on the chromosomal DNA. The genes had the same orientation. The clone, named E. coli HB101-HPA2, overproduced R.HpaI. R.HpaI activity from the clone was 100-fold that from H. parainfluenzae. The amino acid sequence of M.HpaI was compared with those of other type II methyltransferases.
authors.affiliation: Bioproducts Development Center, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadaoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kimizuka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C036341:DNA modification methylase HpaI; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific); C024406:endodeoxyribonuclease HpaI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific