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    Type II restriction endonucleases from Helicobacter pylori include an enzyme with a novel recognition sequence
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    Type II restriction endonuclease activities of Helicobacter pylori strain Roberts and of the type strain H. pylori NCTC 11637 were detected and analysed by conventional techniques. The endonucleases were partially purified, their optima for activity and their recognition and cleavage sites were determined. H. pylori (Roberts) contained at least two enzymes: HpyBI was an isoschizomer of RsaI (GT/AC) and HpyBII was of a novel specificity (GTN/NAC). H. pylori NCTC 11637 was found to contain an isoschizomer of EcoRV (HpyCI: GAT/ATC) and at least one other enzyme which was too unstable to characterise.
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    Isoschizomer
    EcoRV
    Recognition sequence
    Helicobacter
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    Cleavage (geology)
    Recognition sequence
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    Site-specific endonuclease R. AspMI was isolated and purified to apparent functional homogeneity from Acinetobacter species (strain M). The enzyme recognizes symmetrical DNA sequence 5'-AGG decreases CCT-3' and cleaves it at the site indicated by the arrow forming blind DNA ends. The endonuclease is an isoschizomer of the StuI endonuclease. Cleavage of the DNA site was inhibited by dcm-methylation. AspMI is approximately equal to 30 kD monomer.
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    Recognition sequence
    Cleavage (geology)
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    Type II restriction endonuclease activities of Helicobacter pylori strain Roberts and of the type strain H. pylori NCTC 11637 were detected and analysed by conventional techniques. The endonucleases were partially purified, their optima for activity and their recognition and cleavage sites were determined. H. pylori (Roberts) contained at least two enzymes: HpyBI was an isoschizomer of RsaI (GT/AC) and HpyBII was of a novel specificity (GTN/NAC). H. pylori NCTC 11637 was found to contain an isoschizomer of EcoRV (HpyCI: GAT/ATC) and at least one other enzyme which was too unstable to characterise.
    Isoschizomer
    EcoRV
    Recognition sequence
    Helicobacter
    A site-specific endonuclease capable of recognizing the sequence 5'-AAGCTT-3' was detected and purified to homogeneity from the thermophilic strain of Bacillus species KT8. The endonuclease has a molecular mass of 34 kDa and is found in solution in a monomeric form. The activity of BspKT8 does not depend on ATP and is not stimulated by S-adenosyl-L-methionine. The enzyme displays the highest activity with a broad range of temperatures (37 degrees-48 degrees C). Since DNA cleavage occurs in accordance with the scheme: [formula: see text] the enzyme can be assigned to the class-II of restriction endonucleases and represents an isoschizomer of HindIII.
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    Fourteen restriction endonucleases and 4 methylases were isolated and purified from 14 strains of Citrobacter freundii and Escherichia coli, which were isolated from natural sources. To determine the nucleotide sequence recognized by the endonucleases a comparison of DNA cleavage patterns, the evaluation of the cleavage frequency of some DNA with known recognition sequences and mapping was used. It was determined that Cfr101 is a new enzyme recognizing 5'PuCCGGPy. Other restriction enzymes isolated were isoschizomers of: Cfr5I, Cfr11I, Eco60I, Eco61I--EcoRII; Cfr4I, Cfr8I, Cfr13I--Sau96I; Cfr6I--PvuII, Cfr9I--SmaI, Eco26I--HgiJII; Eco32I--EcoRV; Eco52I--XmaIII; Eco56I--NaeI. Some of the enzymes in C. freundii and E. coli were found for the first time. The methylases MCfrI; MCfr6I, MCfr9I and MCfr10I recognize the same nucleotide sequence as specific endonucleases isolated from the same strain. DNA modification in vitro by MCfrI and MCfr10I yields 5-methylcytosine and 4-methylcytosine by MCfr6I and MCfr9I.
    Citrobacter freundii
    Isoschizomer
    EcoRV
    Cytosine
    Recognition sequence
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    Type II restriction endonuclease activities detected in various Neisseria species were characterized for sequence specificity and precise site of cleavage. NsiCI isolated from N. sicca C351 cleaves the sequence 5′-GAT↓ATC-3′ (EcoRV isoschizomer); NmeCI from N. meningitidis C114 and NphI from N. pharyngis C245 cleave 5′-N↓GATCN-3′ (MboI isoschizomers); NgoPII and NgoPIII from N. gonorrhoeae P9-2 cleave at 5′-CC↓GCGG-3′ (SacII isoschizomer) and 5′-GG↓CC-3′ (HaeIII isoschizomer), respectively. Chromosomal DNA isolated from these strains and two other N. meningitidis strains (which lacked detectable endonuclease activities), was found to be refractive to cleavage by various restriction enzymes, implying the presence of methylase activities additional to those required for protection against the cellular endonucleases.
    Isoschizomer
    HaeIII
    Recognition sequence
    Neisseria
    Cleave
    EcoRV
    Cleavage (geology)
    FokI
    Type II restriction endonuclease activities of Helicobacter pylori strain Roberts and of the type strain H. pylori NCTC 11637 were detected and analysed by conventional techniques. The endonucleases were partially purified, their optima for activity and their recognition and cleavage sites were determined. H. pylori (Roberts) contained at least two enzymes: HpyBI was an isoschizomer of RsaI (GT/AC) and HpyBII was of a novel specificity (GTN/NAC). H. pylori NCTC 11637 was found to contain an isoschizomer of EcoRV (HpyCI: GAT/ATC) and at least one other enzyme which was too unstable to characterise.
    Isoschizomer
    EcoRV
    Recognition sequence