[Restriction endonucleases from various bacterial strains exhibit an ice-nucleating activity]

Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol. 2000 Jan-Feb;36(1):13-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Six strains containing site-specific endonucleases II were selected from a collection of 45 ice-nucleating bacterial strains isolated from rhizosphere of plants growing in various geographical regions. Endonucleases Pfl211I, Psp8I, and Psp23I were isolated and purified from two Pseudomonas sp. strains and a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain. Restriction endonucleases Pfl21I and Psp23I were shown to recognize and cleave the DNA nucleotide sequence 5'-CTGCA decrease G-3'. Endonuclease Psp8I recognized and cleaved the DNA nucleotide sequence 5'-G decrease GATCC-3'. These endonucleases were found to be true isoschizomers of PstI and BamHI, respectively.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / isolation & purification
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / metabolism*
  • Ice
  • Pseudomonas / enzymology*
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Ice
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific