title: Some restriction endonucleases tolerate single mismatches of the pyrimidine.purine type.
abstract: DNAs from phage mutants M13mp18 and M13mp18/MP-1 were used to construct two closed circular heteroduplexes. One of them carried the sequence 5'-CCTGGG-3' 3'-GGGCCC-5' with a T.G mismatch at the position 6248. The other carried the sequence 5'-CCCGGG-3' 3'-GGACCC-5' with a C.A mismatch at the same position. Heteroduplexes were exposed to 7 restriction endonucleases having recognition sites within the sequence 5'-CCCGGG-3' 3'-GGGCCC-5' and to 1 restriction endonuclease having a recognition site within the sequence 5'-CCTGGG-3' 3'-GGACCC-5'. All tested enzymes cleaved at least one mismatch-containing sequence although with reduced efficiency. Smal and Xmal tolerated both mismatch-containing sequences. Aval, Hpall, Mspl, Ncil and Nsplll were able to tolerate only the T.G containing sequence, while BstNl was able to tolerate only the C.A containing sequence. It is inferred that the tolerance displayed by Smal and Xmal depends on the presence of either the original purines or the original pyrimidines in mismatches of both the T.G and C.A type and that all other tested enzymes require the presence of the original purines in mismaches of both types.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petranović
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petranović
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dohet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radman
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011685:Purine Nucleotides; D011742:Pyrimidine Nucleotides
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D011685:Purine Nucleotides; D011742:Pyrimidine Nucleotides; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes