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- * N-6 Adenine-specific DNA methylases signature *
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- N-6 adenine-specific DNA methylases (EC 2.1.1.72) (A-Mtase) are enzymes that
- specifically methylate the amino group at the C-6 position of adenines in DNA.
- Such enzymes are found in the three existing types of bacterial restriction-
- modification systems (in type I system the A-Mtase is the product of the hsdM
- gene, and in type III it is the product of the mod gene). All of these enzymes
- recognize a specific sequence in DNA and methylate an adenine in that
- sequence.
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- It has been shown [1,2,3] that A-Mtases contain a conserved motif Asp/Asn-
- Pro-Pro-Tyr/Phe in their N-terminal section, this conserved region could be
- involved in substrate binding or in the catalytic activity. We have derived a
- pattern from that motif.
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- -Consensus pattern: [LIVMAC]-[LIVMFYA]-x-[DN]-P-P-[FYW]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL, except
- for the type II HhaII methylase where the second Pro is replaced by Gln.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: 11 different proteins that are most
- probably not A-Mtases, and three hypothetical Escherichia coli proteins that
- could be A-Mtases.
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- -Note: N-4 cytosine-specific DNA methylases, which are probably enzymatically
- related to A-Mtases, also include a conserved Pro-Pro dipeptide but the
- residues around them are sufficiently different to allow the derivation of a
- pattern specific to these enzymes.
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- -Expert(s) to contact by email: Roberts R.J.
- roberts@neb.com
- Bickle T.
- bickle@urz.unibas.ch
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- -Last update: June 1994 / Pattern and text revised.
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- [ 1] Loenen W.A.M., Daniel A.S., Braymer H.D., Murray N.E.
- J. Mol. Biol. 198:159-170(1987).
- [ 2] Narva K.E., van Etten J.L., Slatko B.E., Benner J.S.
- Gene 74:253-259(1988).
- [ 3] Lauster R.
- J. Mol. Biol. 206:313-321(1989).
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