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Rao DN, Dryden DTF, Bheemanaik S. Type III restriction-modification enzymes: a historical perspective. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:45-55. [PMID: 23863841 PMCID: PMC3874151 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Restriction endonucleases interact with DNA at specific sites leading to cleavage of DNA. Bacterial DNA is protected from restriction endonuclease cleavage by modifying the DNA using a DNA methyltransferase. Based on their molecular structure, sequence recognition, cleavage position and cofactor requirements, restriction-modification (R-M) systems are classified into four groups. Type III R-M enzymes need to interact with two separate unmethylated DNA sequences in inversely repeated head-to-head orientations for efficient cleavage to occur at a defined location (25-27 bp downstream of one of the recognition sites). Like the Type I R-M enzymes, Type III R-M enzymes possess a sequence-specific ATPase activity for DNA cleavage. ATP hydrolysis is required for the long-distance communication between the sites before cleavage. Different models, based on 1D diffusion and/or 3D-DNA looping, exist to explain how the long-distance interaction between the two recognition sites takes place. Type III R-M systems are found in most sequenced bacteria. Genome sequencing of many pathogenic bacteria also shows the presence of a number of phase-variable Type III R-M systems, which play a role in virulence. A growing number of these enzymes are being subjected to biochemical and genetic studies, which, when combined with ongoing structural analyses, promise to provide details for mechanisms of DNA recognition and catalysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Desirazu N. Rao
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India and School of Chemistry, The King’s Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India and School of Chemistry, The King’s Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India and School of Chemistry, The King’s Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, Scotland, UK
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Tóth J, van Aelst K, Salmons H, Szczelkun MD. Dissociation from DNA of Type III Restriction-Modification enzymes during helicase-dependent motion and following endonuclease activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:6752-64. [PMID: 22523084 PMCID: PMC3413136 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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DNA cleavage by the Type III Restriction–Modification (RM) enzymes requires the binding of a pair of RM enzymes at two distant, inversely orientated recognition sequences followed by helicase-catalysed ATP hydrolysis and long-range communication. Here we addressed the dissociation from DNA of these enzymes at two stages: during long-range communication and following DNA cleavage. First, we demonstrated that a communicating species can be trapped in a DNA domain without a recognition site, with a non-specific DNA association lifetime of ∼200 s. If free DNA ends were present the lifetime became too short to measure, confirming that ends accelerate dissociation. Secondly, we observed that Type III RM enzymes can dissociate upon DNA cleavage and go on to cleave further DNA molecules (they can ‘turnover’, albeit inefficiently). The relationship between the observed cleavage rate and enzyme concentration indicated independent binding of each site and a requirement for simultaneous interaction of at least two enzymes per DNA to achieve cleavage. In light of various mechanisms for helicase-driven motion on DNA, we suggest these results are most consistent with a thermally driven random 1D search model (i.e. ‘DNA sliding’).
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- Júlia Tóth
- DNA-Protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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Dryden DTF, Edwardson JM, Henderson RM. DNA translocation by type III restriction enzymes: a comparison of current models of their operation derived from ensemble and single-molecule measurements. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:4525-31. [PMID: 21310716 PMCID: PMC3113558 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Much insight into the interactions of DNA and enzymes has been obtained using a number of single-molecule techniques. However, recent results generated using two of these techniques-atomic force microscopy (AFM) and magnetic tweezers (MT)-have produced apparently contradictory results when applied to the action of the ATP-dependent type III restriction endonucleases on DNA. The AFM images show extensive looping of the DNA brought about by the existence of multiple DNA binding sites on each enzyme and enzyme dimerisation. The MT experiments show no evidence for looping being a requirement for DNA cleavage, but instead support a diffusive sliding of the enzyme on the DNA until an enzyme-enzyme collision occurs, leading to cleavage. Not only do these two methods appear to disagree, but also the models derived from them have difficulty explaining some ensemble biochemical results on DNA cleavage. In this 'Survey and Summary', we describe several different models put forward for the action of type III restriction enzymes and their inadequacies. We also attempt to reconcile the different models and indicate areas for further experimentation to elucidate the mechanism of these enzymes.
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- David T F Dryden
- School of Chemistry, The King's Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
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Peakman LJ, Szczelkun MD. S-adenosyl homocysteine and DNA ends stimulate promiscuous nuclease activities in the Type III restriction endonuclease EcoPI. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:3934-45. [PMID: 19401438 PMCID: PMC2709564 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In the absence of the methyl donor S-adenosyl methionine and under certain permissive reaction conditions, EcoPI shows non-specific endonuclease activity. We show here that the cofactor analogue S-adenosyl homocysteine promotes this promiscuous DNA cleavage. Additionally, an extensive exonuclease-like processing of the DNA is also observed that can even result in digestion of non-specific DNA in trans. We suggest a model for how DNA communication events initiating from non-specific sites, and in particular free DNA ends, could produce the observed cleavage patterns.
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- Luke J Peakman
- DNA-Protein Interactions Unit, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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Type I restriction endonucleases are intriguing, multifunctional complexes that restrict DNA randomly, at sites distant from the target sequence. Restriction at distant sites is facilitated by ATP hydrolysis-dependent, translocation of double-stranded DNA towards the stationary enzyme bound at the recognition sequence. Following restriction, the enzymes are thought to remain associated with the DNA at the target site, hydrolyzing copious amounts of ATP. As a result, for the past 35 years type I restriction endonucleases could only be loosely classified as enzymes since they functioned stoichiometrically relative to DNA. To further understand enzyme mechanism, a detailed analysis of DNA cleavage by the EcoR124I holoenzyme was done. We demonstrate for the first time that type I restriction endonucleases are not stoichiometric but are instead catalytic with respect to DNA. Further, the mechanism involves formation of a dimer of holoenzymes, with each monomer bound to a target sequence and, following cleavage, each dissociates in an intact form to bind and restrict subsequent DNA molecules. Therefore, type I restriction endonucleases, like their type II counterparts, are true enzymes. The conclusion that type I restriction enzymes are catalytic relative to DNA has important implications for the in vivo function of these previously enigmatic enzymes.
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- Piero R Bianco
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Functional characterization and modulation of the DNA cleavage efficiency of type III restriction endonuclease EcoP15I in its interaction with two sites in the DNA target. J Mol Biol 2009; 387:1309-19. [PMID: 19250940 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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EcoP15I is a Type III restriction endonuclease requiring the interaction with two inversely oriented 5'-CAGCAG recognition sites for efficient DNA cleavage. Diverse models have been developed to explain how enzyme complexes bound to both sites move toward each other, DNA translocation, DNA looping and simple diffusion along the DNA. Conflicting data also exist about the impact of cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet), the AdoMet analogue sinefungin and the bases flanking the DNA recognition sequence on EcoP15I enzyme activity. To clarify the functional role of these questionable parameters on EcoP15I activity and to optimize the enzymatic reaction, we investigated the influence of cofactors, ionic conditions, bases flanking the recognition sequence and enzyme concentration. We found that AdoMet is not necessary for DNA cleavage. Moreover, the presence of AdoMet dramatically impaired DNA cleavage due to competing DNA methylation. Sinefungin neither had an appreciable effect on DNA cleavage by EcoP15I nor compensated for the second recognition site. Moreover, we discovered that adenine stretches on the 5' or 3' side of CAGCAG led to preferred cleavage of this site. The length of the adenine stretch was pivotal and had to be different on the two sides for most efficient cleavage. In the absence of AdoMet and with enzyme in molar excess over recognition sites, we observed minor cleavage at two communicating DNA sites simultaneously. These results could also be exploited in the high-throughput, quantitative transcriptome analysis method SuperSAGE to optimize the crucial EcoP15I digestion step.
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Wagenführ K, Pieper S, Mackeldanz P, Linscheid M, Krüger DH, Reuter M. Structural domains in the type III restriction endonuclease EcoP15I: characterization by limited proteolysis, mass spectrometry and insertional mutagenesis. J Mol Biol 2006; 366:93-102. [PMID: 17156795 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2006] [Revised: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The Type III restriction endonuclease EcoP15I forms a hetero-oligomeric enzyme complex that consists of two modification (Mod) subunits and two restriction (Res) subunits. Structural data on Type III restriction enzymes in general are lacking because of their remarkable size of more than 400 kDa and the laborious and low-yield protein purification procedures. We took advantage of the EcoP15I-overexpressing vector pQEP15 and affinity chromatography to generate a quantity of EcoP15I high enough for comprehensive proteolytic digestion studies and analyses of the proteolytic fragments by mass spectrometry. We show here that in the presence of specific DNA the entire Mod subunit is protected from trypsin digestion, whereas in the absence of DNA stable protein domains of the Mod subunit were not detected. In contrast, the Res subunit is comprised of two trypsin-resistant domains of approximately 77-79 kDa and 27-29 kDa, respectively. The cofactor ATP and the presence of DNA, either specific or unspecific, are important stabilizers of the Res subunit. The large N-terminal domain of Res contains numerous functional motifs that are predicted to be involved in ATP-binding and hydrolysis and/or DNA translocation. The C-terminal small domain harbours the catalytic center. Based on our data, we conclude that both structural Res domains are connected by a flexible linker region that spans 23 amino acid residues. To confirm this conclusion, we have investigated several EcoP15I enzyme mutants obtained by insertion mutagenesis in and around the predicted linker region within the Res subunit. All mutants tolerated the genetic manipulation and did not display loss of function or alteration of the DNA cleavage position.
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- Katja Wagenführ
- Institute of Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10098 Berlin, Germany
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Raghavendra NK, Rao DN. Exogenous AdoMet and its analogue sinefungin differentially influence DNA cleavage by R.EcoP15I--usefulness in SAGE. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 334:803-11. [PMID: 16026759 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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While it has been demonstrated that AdoMet is required for DNA cleavage by Type III restriction enzymes, here we show that in the presence of exogenous AdoMet, the head-to-head oriented recognition sites are cleaved only on a supercoiled DNA. On a linear DNA, exogenous AdoMet strongly drives methylation while inhibiting cleavage reaction. Strikingly, AdoMet analogue sinefungin results in cleavage at all recognition sites irrespective of the topology of DNA. The cleavage reaction in the presence of sinefungin is ATP dependent. The site of cleavage is comparable with that in the presence of AdoMet. The use of EcoP15I restriction in presence of sinefungin as an improved tool for serial analysis of gene expression is discussed.
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Kinch LN, Ginalski K, Rychlewski L, Grishin NV. Identification of novel restriction endonuclease-like fold families among hypothetical proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:3598-605. [PMID: 15972856 PMCID: PMC1157100 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Restriction endonucleases and other nucleic acid cleaving enzymes form a large and extremely diverse superfamily that display little sequence similarity despite retaining a common core fold responsible for cleavage. The lack of significant sequence similarity between protein families makes homology inference a challenging task and hinders new family identification with traditional sequence-based approaches. Using the consensus fold recognition method Meta-BASIC that combines sequence profiles with predicted protein secondary structure, we identify nine new restriction endonuclease-like fold families among previously uncharacterized proteins and predict these proteins to cleave nucleic acid substrates. Application of transitive searches combined with gene neighborhood analysis allow us to confidently link these unknown families to a number of known restriction endonuclease-like structures and thus assign folds to the uncharacterized proteins. Finally, our method identifies a novel restriction endonuclease-like domain in the C-terminus of RecC that is not detected with structure-based searches of the existing PDB database.
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- Lisa N Kinch
- Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA.
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Raghavendra NK, Rao DN. Unidirectional translocation from recognition site and a necessary interaction with DNA end for cleavage by Type III restriction enzyme. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:5703-11. [PMID: 15501920 PMCID: PMC528788 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Type III restriction enzymes have been demonstrated to require two unmethylated asymmetric recognition sites oriented head-to-head to elicit double-strand break 25-27 bp downstream of one of the two sites. The proposed DNA cleavage mechanism involves ATP-dependent DNA translocation. The sequence context of the recognition site was suggested to influence the site of DNA cleavage by the enzyme. In this investigation, we demonstrate that the cleavage site of the R.EcoP15I restriction enzyme does not depend on the sequence context of the recognition site. Strikingly, this study demonstrates that the enzyme can cleave linear DNA having either recognition sites in the same orientation or a single recognition site. Cleavage occurs predominantly at a site proximal to the DNA end in the case of multiple site substrates. Such cleavage can be abolished by the binding of Lac repressor downstream (3' side) but not upstream (5' side) of the recognition site. Binding of HU protein has also been observed to interfere with R.EcoP15I cleavage activity. In accordance with a mechanism requiring two enzyme molecules cooperating to elicit double-strand break on DNA, our results convincingly demonstrate that the enzyme translocates on DNA in a 5' to 3' direction from its recognition site and indicate a switch in the direction of enzyme motion at the DNA ends. This study demonstrates a new facet in the mode of action of these restriction enzymes.
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Reich S, Gössl I, Reuter M, Rabe JP, Krüger DH. Scanning force microscopy of DNA translocation by the Type III restriction enzyme EcoP15I. J Mol Biol 2004; 341:337-43. [PMID: 15276827 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2004] [Revised: 06/15/2004] [Accepted: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Type III restriction enzymes are multifunctional heterooligomeric enzymes that cleave DNA at a fixed position downstream of a non-symmetric recognition site. For effective DNA cleavage these restriction enzymes need the presence of two unmethylated, inversely oriented recognition sites in the DNA molecule. DNA cleavage was proposed to result from ATP-dependent DNA translocation, which is expected to induce DNA loop formation, and collision of two enzyme-DNA complexes. We used scanning force microscopy to visualise the protein interaction with linear DNA molecules containing two EcoP15I recognition sites in inverse orientation. In the presence of the cofactors ATP and Mg(2+), EcoP15I molecules were shown to bind specifically to the recognition sites and to form DNA loop structures. One of the origins of the protein-clipped DNA loops was shown to be located at an EcoP15I recognition site, the other origin had an unspecific position in between the two EcoP15I recognition sites. The data demonstrate for the first time DNA translocation by the Type III restriction enzyme EcoP15I using scanning force microscopy. Moreover, our study revealed differences in the DNA-translocation processes mediated by Type I and Type III restriction enzymes.
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- Stefanie Reich
- Institute of Virology (Helmut-Ruska-Haus), Charité Medical School, Humboldt University, Schumannstr. 20-21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Bist P, Rao DN. Identification and mutational analysis of Mg2+ binding site in EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase: involvement in target base eversion. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:41837-48. [PMID: 12917398 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307053200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase catalyzes the transfer of the methyl group of S-adenosyl-l-methionine to the N6 position of the second adenine within the double-stranded DNA sequence 5'-CAGCAG-3'. To achieve catalysis, the enzyme requires a magnesium ion. Binding of magnesium to the enzyme induces significant conformational changes as monitored by circular dichroism spectroscopy. EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase was rapidly inactivated by micromolar concentrations of ferrous sulfate in the presence of ascorbate at pH 8.0. The inactivated enzyme was cleaved into two fragments with molecular masses of 36 and 35 kDa. Using this affinity cleavage assay, we have located the magnesium binding-like motif to amino acids 355-377 of EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase. Sequence homology comparisons between EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase and other restriction endonucleases allowed us to identify a PD(X)n(D/E)XK-like sequence as the putative magnesium ion binding site. Point mutations generated in this region were analyzed for their role in methyltransferase activity, metal coordination, and substrate binding. Although the mutant methyltransferases bind DNA and S-adenosyl-l-methionine as well as the wild-type enzyme does, they are inactive primarily because of their inability to flip the target base. Collectively, these data are consistent with the fact that acidic amino acid residues of the region 355-377 in EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase are important for the critical positioning of magnesium ions for catalysis. This is the first example of metal-dependent function of a DNA methyltransferase. These findings provide impetus for exploring the role(s) of metal ions in the structure and function of DNA methyltransferases.
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- Pradeep Bist
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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