PMID:20015968
| Citation |
Mulligan, EA, Hatchwell, E, McCorkle, SR and Dunn, JJ (2010) Differential binding of Escherichia coli McrA protein to DNA sequences that contain the dinucleotide m5CpG. Nucleic Acids Res. 38:1997-2005 |
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| Abstract |
The Escherichia coli McrA protein, a putative C(5)-methylcytosine/C(5)-hydroxyl methylcytosine-specific nuclease, binds DNA with symmetrically methylated HpaII sequences (Cm5CGG), but its precise recognition sequence remains undefined. To determine McrA's binding specificity, we cloned and expressed recombinant McrA with a C-terminal StrepII tag (rMcrA-S) to facilitate protein purification and affinity capture of human DNA fragments with m5C residues. Sequence analysis of a subset of these fragments and electrophoretic mobility shift assays with model methylated and unmethylated oligonucleotides suggest that N(Y > R) m5CGR is the canonical binding site for rMcrA-S. In addition to binding HpaII-methylated double-stranded DNA, rMcrA-S binds DNA containing a single, hemimethylated HpaII site; however, it does not bind if A, C, T or U is placed across from the m5C residue, but does if I is opposite the m5C. These results provide the first systematic analysis of McrA's in vitro binding specificity. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC2847215 Online version:10.1093/nar/gkp1120 |
| Keywords |
5-Methylcytosine/analysis; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; CpG Islands; DNA/chemistry; DNA/metabolism; DNA Methylation; DNA Restriction Enzymes/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Humans |
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