title: Purification, cloning, and characterization of the CEL I nuclease.
abstract: CEL I, isolated from celery, is the first eukaryotic nuclease known that cleaves DNA with high specificity at sites of base-substitution mismatch and DNA distortion. The enzyme requires Mg(2+) and Zn(2+) for activity, with a pH optimum at neutral pH. We have purified CEL I 33 000-fold to apparent homogeneity. A key improvement is the use of alpha-methyl-mannoside in the purification buffers to overcome the aggregation of glycoproteins with endogenous lectins. The SDS gel electrophoresis band for the homogeneous CEL I, with and without the removal of its carbohydrate moieties, was extracted, renatured, and shown to have mismatch cutting specificity. After determination of the amino acid sequence of 28% of the CEL I polypeptide, we cloned the CEL I cDNA. Potential orthologs are nucleases putatively encoded by the genes BFN1 of Arabidopsis, ZEN1 of Zinnia, and DSA6 of daylily. Homologies of CEL I with S1 and P1 nucleases are much lower. We propose that CEL I exemplifies a new family of neutral pH optimum, magnesium-stimulated, mismatch duplex-recognizing nucleases, within the S1 superfamily.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kodali
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Oleykowski
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulinski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Besack
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019661:Apiaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008274:Magnesium / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D020673:Protein Renaturation; D019163:Reducing Agents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins; D019163:Reducing Agents; D004720:Endonucleases; C406922:CEL I nuclease; D008274:Magnesium