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EcoRV-T94V: a mutant restriction endonuclease with an altered substrate specificity towards modified oligodeoxynucleotides. 1996

T Lanio, and U Selent, and C Wenz, and W Wende, and A Schulz, and M Adiraj, and S B Katti, and A Pingoud
Institut für Biochemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany.

Synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides with single methyl phosphonate (mp) substitutions were used for an analysis of the contribution of phosphate contacts to the recognition of the cleavage site by the restriction endonuclease EcoRV. Only in the last position within the recognition sequence, is the methyl phosphonate substitution tolerated by the enzyme. The wild-type enzyme cleaves the Sp diastereomer of the oligodeoxynucleotide GACGATATmpCGTC and the unmodified sequence with equal rates, whereas the Rp diastereomer is cleaved much more slowly. Inspection of the crystal structure of an EcoRV-DNA complex revealed that the non-bridging oxygen atoms of the phosphodiester bond between the T and C bases are in hydrogen bonding distance of the hydroxyl group of the amino acid Thr94. We therefore tried to engineer a variant of EcoRV that would prefer a methyl phosphonate linkage over a normal phosphodiester bond and produced mutants with amino acid exchanges at position 94. One of them, Thr94Val, shows a dramatically reduced activity towards the unmodified DNA and does not accept the Rp diastereomer, but cleaves the Sp diastereomer with the same rate as wild-type EcoRV. Its selectivity, i.e. the ratio of cleavage rates determined for the unmodified and modified substrates, differs by three orders of magnitude from that of the wild-type enzyme.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009838 Oligodeoxyribonucleotides A group of deoxyribonucleotides (up to 12) in which the phosphate residues of each deoxyribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the deoxyribose moieties. Oligodeoxynucleotide,Oligodeoxyribonucleotide,Oligodeoxynucleotides
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004252 DNA Mutational Analysis Biochemical identification of mutational changes in a nucleotide sequence. Mutational Analysis, DNA,Analysis, DNA Mutational,Analyses, DNA Mutational,DNA Mutational Analyses,Mutational Analyses, DNA
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities
D015252 Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific Enzyme systems containing a single subunit and requiring only magnesium for endonucleolytic activity. The corresponding modification methylases are separate enzymes. The systems recognize specific short DNA sequences and cleave either within, or at a short specific distance from, the recognition sequence to give specific double-stranded fragments with terminal 5'-phosphates. Enzymes from different microorganisms with the same specificity are called isoschizomers. EC 3.1.21.4. DNA Restriction Enzymes, Type II,DNase, Site-Specific, Type II,Restriction Endonucleases, Type II,Type II Restriction Enzymes,DNase, Site Specific, Type II,Deoxyribonucleases, Type II, Site Specific,Deoxyribonucleases, Type II, Site-Specific,Site-Specific DNase, Type II,Type II Site Specific DNase,Type II Site Specific Deoxyribonucleases,Type II Site-Specific DNase,Type II Site-Specific Deoxyribonucleases,Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site Specific,Site Specific DNase, Type II
D016297 Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Genetically engineered MUTAGENESIS at a specific site in the DNA molecule that introduces a base substitution, or an insertion or deletion. Mutagenesis, Oligonucleotide-Directed,Mutagenesis, Site-Specific,Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis,Site-Directed Mutagenesis,Site-Specific Mutagenesis,Mutageneses, Oligonucleotide-Directed,Mutageneses, Site-Directed,Mutageneses, Site-Specific,Mutagenesis, Oligonucleotide Directed,Mutagenesis, Site Directed,Mutagenesis, Site Specific,Oligonucleotide Directed Mutagenesis,Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutageneses,Site Directed Mutagenesis,Site Specific Mutagenesis,Site-Directed Mutageneses,Site-Specific Mutageneses

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