Site-specific DNA transesterification catalyzed by a restriction enzyme
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Site-specific DNA transesterification catalyzed by a restriction enzyme.
Most restriction endonucleases use Mg2+ to hydrolyze phosphodiester bonds at specific DNA sites. We show here that BfiI, a metal-independent restriction enzyme from the phospholipase D superfamily, catalyzes both DNA hydrolysis and transesterification reactions at its recognition site. In the presence of alcohols such as ethanol or glycerol, it attaches the alcohol covalently to the 5' terminus...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608689104