title: DNA sequence recognition by a eukaryotic sequence-specific endonuclease, Endo.SceI, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: A eukaryotic sequence-specific endonuclease, Endo.SceI, causes sequence-specific double-stranded scission of double-stranded DNA to produce cohesive ends with four bases protruding at the 3' termini. Unlike in the case of restriction enzymes, an asymmetric 26-base pair consensus sequence was found around the cleavage site for Endo.SceI instead of a common sequence. We analyzed the base pairs that interacted with Endo.SceI on the recognition of its cleavage sites. A region comprising -10 through +16 base pairs from the center of the cleavage site was shown to be essential and sufficient for the sequence-specific cutting with Endo.SceI by experiments involving synthesized DNAs. Methylation interference experiments indicate that bases in the region comprising the +7 through +14 base pairs is involved in close contact with Endo.SceI in its recognition of the cleavage site. This +7 through +14-base pair region overlaps the most stringently conserved sequence in the consensus sequence for the cleavage site, suggesting that this region constitutes the core for the recognition by Endo.SceI.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Riken Institute, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Natori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D004247:DNA; C037725:SCEI protein, S cerevisiae; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific