title: Nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the BstLVI DNA methyltransferase: comparison with other amino-DNA methyltransferases.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of a 2837-base pairs (bp) EcoRI-PvuI fragment of Bacillus stearothermophilus LV chromosomal DNA encoding the bstLVIM gene was determined. It revealed a large open reading frame (ORF) of 1737 bp specifying a methylase of 579 amino acid (aa) residues and Mr 66,831. This was in agreement with the size estimated for the M. BstLVI ( approximately 67 kDa) purified from Escherichia coli cells harboring a recombinant plasmid containing the bstLVIM gene and with results of transcription-translation experiments performed in vitro. Upstream the bstLVIM gene and in the opposite transcriptional orientation, there is a 81-aa ORF that showed great homology with the regulatory C proteins identified in other type II restriction and modification (R-M) systems. This 81-aa ORF precedes a truncated ORF of 86 aa which in turn may represent the structural gene for the BstLVI restriction endonuclease.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Saavedra
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Pichuantes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015257:DNA-Cytosine Methylases / Q000235:genetics*; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015257:DNA-Cytosine Methylases; D015265:Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)