Methylase activities from Haemophilus influenzae that protect Haemophilus parainfluenzae transforming deoxyribonucleic acid from inactivation by Haemophilus influenzae endonuclease R.
AUTOR(ES)
Roszczyk, E
RESUMO
Specific methylases that have the properties of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) modification enzymes have been isolated from Haemophilus influenzae strain Rd. Two activities ((Methylase IIa and methylase III) were found to protect transforming DNA of H. parainfluenzae from the action of H. influenzae restriction enzymes. To determine the specificty of the protection, a procedure based on biological activity was developed for the separation and purification of the restriction endonucleases from H. influenzae strain Rd. Two endonuclease R activities presumably corresponding to Hind II and Hind III (P. H. Roy and H. O. Smith, 1973; H. O. Smith and K. W. Wilcox, 1970) were characterized by differences in their chromatographic properties, ability to attack T7 DNA, and inactivation of the transforming activity of different markers of H. parainfluenzae DNA. One endonuclease R enzyme (Hind II) attacked T7 DNA and was found to inactivate the dalacin resistance marker (smaller than 0.01% activity remaining) with only a slight effect on the streptomycin resistance marker (83% activity remaining). Methylase IIa treatment protected 40% of the dalacin resistance marker of H. parainfluenzae DNA from inactivation by Hind II. The other restriction activity (Hind III) was inert towards T7 DNA and inactivated the streptomycin resistance marker of H. parainfluenzae DNA (smaller than 0.01% activity remaining) without any effect on the dalacin resistance marker. The methylation of H. parainfluenzae DNA accomplished by methylase III protected 60% of the transforming activity of the streptomycin resistance marker of H. parainfluenzae DNA from the action of Hind III.
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