PROTEIN ENGINEERING OF THE RESTRICTION-ENDONUCLEASE ECORV - REPLACEMENT OF AN AMINO-ACID RESIDUE IN THE DNA-BINDING SITE LEADS TO AN ALTERED SELECTIVITY TOWARDS UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED SUBSTRATES

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作者
WENZ, C
SELENT, U
WENDE, W
JELTSCH, A
WOLFES, H
PINGOUD, A
机构
[1] UNIV GIESSEN, INST BIOCHEM, D-35392 GIESSEN, GERMANY
[2] HANNOVER MED SCH, ZENTRUM BIOCHEM, D-30625 HANNOVER, GERMANY
来源
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION | 1994年 / 1219卷 / 01期
关键词
RESTRICTION ENZYME; SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; MODIFIED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN-NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; DNA RECOGNITION;
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(94)90248-8
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
According to the crystal structure analysis of a specific EcoRV/DNA complex, the thymine residues of the recognition sequence -GATATC- are not in direct contact with any amino acid residue of the protein. However, several amino acid residues are sufficiently close that it seemed worthwhile trying to create variants of EcoRV with altered specificity by site-directed mutagenesis. Guided by molecular modelling we have replaced Asn-188 in the catalytic center of EcoRV by Gin to produce a mutant with a relative preference (compared to wild type EcoRV) for substrates in which one thymine of the recognition sequence is replaced by uracil. We have purified and characterized the resulting N188Q mutant. The selectivity value for the engineered enzyme (the ratio of the k(cat)/K-M values for -GATAUC- versus -GATATC-) differs from that of the wild type enzyme by a factor of more than 200.
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