title: Genetic organization of the KpnI restriction--modification system.
abstract: The KpnI restriction-modification (KpnI RM) system was previously cloned and expressed in E. coli. The nucleotide sequences of the KpnI endonuclease (R.KpnI) and methylase (M. KpnI) genes have now been determined. The sequence of the amino acid residues predicted from the endonuclease gene DNA sequence and the sequence of the first 12 NH2-terminal amino acids determined from the purified endonuclease protein were identical. The kpnIR gene specifies a protein of 218 amino acids (MW: 25,115), while the kpnIM gene codes for a protein of 417 amino acids (MW: 47,582). The two genes transcribe divergently with a intergeneic region of 167 nucleotides containing the putative promoter regions for both genes. No protein sequence similarity was detected between R.KpnI and M.KpnI. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of M.KpnI with sequences of various methylases revealed a significant homology to N6-adenine methylases, a partial homology to N4-cytosine methylases, and no homology to C5-methylases.
authors.affiliation: Life Technologies, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20877.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Blakesley
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Gerard
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001482:Base Composition; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; C072049:DNA modification methylase KpnI; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific); D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C029312:GGTACC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases