title: Deletions within the DNA recognition subunit of M.EcoR124I that identify a region involved in protein-protein interactions between HsdS and HsdM.
abstract: The DNA recognition subunit (HsdS) of type I restriction endonucleases can be divided into domains by means of amino acid identity between subunits from the same family. It has been proposed that DNA-protein interactions occur within the variable domains of the subunit and that protein-protein interactions involve the conserved domains. We have constructed a number of deletion mutants of HsdS that have allowed us to investigate protein-protein interactions. Using a combination of a "competitive" complementation assay and the ability of HsdM to "solubilize" HsdS, we have defined a region within the central conserved domain of HsdS that is responsible for HsdS-HsdM interaction. Computer analysis of amino acid identity between the N-terminal half and the C-terminal half of HsdS identifies a region (repeated in both conserved domains), one copy of which overlaps the region we have identified as essential for HsdS-HsdM interactions, which may be responsible for such protein-protein interactions.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, U.K.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abadjieva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zinkevich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Firman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D015253:Deoxyribonucleases, Type I Site-Specific / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000502:physiology*; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004279:DNA, Viral; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C072994:EcoR124 modification methylase type I; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific); D015253:Deoxyribonucleases, Type I Site-Specific