title: Hyperexpressed EcoRII renatured from inclusion bodies and native enzyme both exhibit essential cooperativity with two DNA sites.
abstract: EcoRII was the first restriction endonuclease (ENase) reported needing the cooperative interaction with at least two DNA sites for activity. We constructed an EcoRII-overproducing strain of Escherichia coli by placing the coding sequence under control of the T7 gene 10 regulatory elements. The yield of EcoRII expression could be increased to about 10% of total soluble cellular protein. Inclusion bodies are formed that mainly consist of insoluble EcoRII molecules. After solubilization by 6 M guanidine hydrochloride refolding of the enzyme was achieved by dilution into appropriate buffer. The endonuclease was purified to homogeneity from both the soluble protein fraction and the protein renatured from inclusion bodies. Their identity was proven by circular dichroism and analysis of enzyme activity with respect to the special substrate requirements of EcoRII. It is shown that EcoRII cleavage of oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes (oligo duplexes) with only one recognition site follows a sigmoidal concentration dependence, i.e., they cannot be cleaved below a distinct low DNA concentration where simultaneous interaction with two substrate molecules is no longer possible. We demonstrate that the restriction of oligo duplexes containing two recognition sites does not show this concentration dependence, confirming an intramolecular site cooperativity.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kupper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mackeldanz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meisel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Krüger
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific