2odh

Restriction Endonuclease BCNI in the Absence of DNA

spinqualitylabelsall models 2odh, resolution 1.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2odh is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Brevibacillus centrosporus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: ACT, PEG Related: 2odi Gene: bcnIR (Brevibacillus centrosporus) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Restriction endonuclease BcnI cleaves duplex DNA containing the sequence CC/SGG (S stands for C or G, / designates a cleavage position) to generate staggered products with single nucleotide 5'-overhangs. Here, we show that BcnI functions as a monomer that interacts with its target DNA in 1:1 molar ratio and report crystal structures of BcnI in the absence and in the presence of DNA. In the complex with DNA, BcnI makes specific contacts with all five bases of the target sequence and not just with a half-site, as the protomer of a typical dimeric restriction endonuclease. Our data are inconsistent with BcnI dimerization and suggest that the enzyme introduces double-strand breaks by sequentially nicking individual DNA strands, although this remains to be confirmed by kinetic experiments. BcnI is remotely similar to the DNA repair protein MutH and shares approximately 20% sequence identity with the restriction endonuclease MvaI, which is specific for the related sequence CC/WGG (W stands for A or T). As expected, BcnI is structurally similar to MvaI and recognizes conserved bases in the target sequence similarly but not identically. BcnI has a unique machinery for the recognition of the central base-pair. Monomeric restriction endonuclease BcnI in the apo form and in an asymmetric complex with target DNA.,Sokolowska M, Kaus-Drobek M, Czapinska H, Tamulaitis G, Szczepanowski RH, Urbanke C, Siksnys V, Bochtler M J Mol Biol. 2007 Jun 8;369(3):722-34. Epub 2007 Mar 15. PMID:17445830 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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