title: Sequence analysis of the NgoPII methyltransferase gene from Neisseria gonorrhoeae P9: homologies with other enzymes recognizing the sequence 5'-GGCC-3'.
abstract: Recombinant plasmids harbouring the functional M.NgoPII methyltransferase (specificity 5'-GGCC-3') were isolated from amplified gene libraries of gonococcal chromosomal DNA cloned in pBR322 and in Escherichia coli RR1. The M.NgoPII gene was localized by sub-cloning and the nucleotide sequence of a cloned 1.6 kb segment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA harbouring the methylase gene was determined. This data, coupled with sub-cloning experiments and in vitro transcription-translation studies, indicates a theoretical size of 38.5 kd for the methylase protein. The predicted amino acid sequence of the methylase contains significant regions of homology with the projected sequences of other cytosine-modifying methylases, upon which the activity of these enzymes is likely to depend.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D015257:DNA-Cytosine Methylases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015257:DNA-Cytosine Methylases; D008780:Methyltransferases; C027823:Cytosine 5-methyltransferase; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes