title: Interaction of the MboII restriction endonuclease with DNA.
abstract: The binding of the MboII restriction endonuclease (R.MboII; ENase) to DNA containing its recognition site was investigated using a mobility shift assay. R.MboII forms specific, stable and immunodetectable complexes with its canonical target sequence. The association constant (Ka) of R.MboII was calculated to be 2.8 x 10(9)/M, and is about 10(4)-fold higher than the Ka value for non-specific binding. Based on results obtained after sedimentation of the R.MboII-DNA complex in a glycerol gradient and measurement of the retardation of the complexes in polyacrylamide gels, we conclude that specific binding to the canonical sequence involves a monomer of R.MboII. DNase I footprinting has shown that the enzyme covers 16 nucleotides of DNA on the 5'-GAAGA-3' strand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sektas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaczorowski
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Podhajska
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016955:Moraxella bovis / Q000201:enzymology*; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; C024413:endodeoxyribonuclease MboII; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific