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Phage T4 DNA [N6-adenine] methyltransferase: kinetic studies using oligonucleotides containing native or modified recognition sites. 1998

V V Zinoviev, and A A Evdokimov, and Y A Gorbunov, and E G Malygin, and V G Kossykh, and S Hattman
Institute of Molecular Biology, State Research Center Vector, Novosibirsk, Russia.

The DNA-[N6-adenine] methyltransferase of T4 phage (T4 Dam MTase) catalyzes methyl group transfer from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) to the N6-position of adenine in the palindromic sequence, GATC. We have investigated the effect of eliminating different structural components of the recognition site on the ability of a substrate to be bound and methylated by T4 Dam. For this purpose, steady state binding (by gel shift assays) and kinetic parameters of methylation (using the methyl donor, [3H-CH3]-AdoMet, at 25 degrees C) were studied using various synthetic duplex oligonucleotides containing some defect in the DNA-target site; e.g., the absence of an internucleotide phosphate or a nucleotide(s) within the recognition site, or a single stranded region. The salient results are summarized as follows: (1) Addition of T4 Dam to a complete reaction mixture (with a 20-mer duplex as substrate) resulted in a 'burst' of 3H-methylated product, followed by a constant rate of product formation that reflected establishment of steady-state conditions. This suggests that the rate-limiting step is release of product methylated DNA from the enzyme [and not the transfer of the methyl group]. (2) A number of the defects in duplex structure had only a weak influence on the binding and Km values, but strongly reduced the kcat. At the same time, several poorly bound duplexes retained good substrate characteristics, especially duplexes having uninterrupted GAT-sequences in both strands. Whereas having only one half of the recognition site element intact was sufficient for stable complex formation, the catalytic turnover process had a strict requirement for an uninterrupted GAT-sequence on both strands. (3) There was no correlation between Km and binding capability; the apparent Kd for some duplexes was 5-70 times higher than Km. This indicates that the T4 Dam methylation reaction can not be explained by a simple Michaelian scheme.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D009692 Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes Double-stranded nucleic acid molecules (DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA) which contain regions of nucleotide mismatches (non-complementary). In vivo, these heteroduplexes can result from mutation or genetic recombination; in vitro, they are formed by nucleic acid hybridization. Electron microscopic analysis of the resulting heteroduplexes facilitates the mapping of regions of base sequence homology of nucleic acids. Heteroduplexes, Nucleic Acid,Heteroduplex DNA,Acid Heteroduplexes, Nucleic,DNA, Heteroduplex
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
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
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
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D014764 Viral Proteins Proteins found in any species of virus. Gene Products, Viral,Viral Gene Products,Viral Gene Proteins,Viral Protein,Protein, Viral,Proteins, Viral
D015265 Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) An enzyme responsible for producing a species-characteristic methylation pattern on adenine residues in a specific short base sequence in the host cell DNA. The enzyme catalyzes the methylation of DNA adenine in the presence of S-adenosyl-L-methionine to form DNA containing 6-methylaminopurine and S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine. EC 2.1.1.72. DNA Modification Methylases (Adenine-Specific),DNA-Adenine Methylases,Modification Methylases (Adenine-Specific),Site-Specific Methyltransferases (Adenine-Specific),DNA Modification Methylases Adenine Specific,Modification Methylases (Adenine Specific),Site Specific Methyltransferases (Adenine Specific),DNA Adenine Methylases,Methylases, DNA-Adenine
D017122 Bacteriophage T4 Virulent bacteriophage and type species of the genus T4-like phages, in the family MYOVIRIDAE. It infects E. coli and is the best known of the T-even phages. Its virion contains linear double-stranded DNA, terminally redundant and circularly permuted. Bacteriophage T2,Coliphage T2,Coliphage T4,Enterobacteria phage T2,Enterobacteria phage T4,Phage T2,Phage T4,T2 Phage,T4 Phage,Phage, T2,Phage, T4,Phages, T2,Phages, T4,T2 Phages,T2, Enterobacteria phage,T4 Phages
D019175 DNA Methylation Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases (DNA methylases) perform this reaction using S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE as the methyl group donor. DNA Methylations,Methylation, DNA,Methylations, DNA

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