The cloning, purification and characterization of theEcoRV modification methylase
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 16 (9) , 3705-3720
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/16.9.3705
Abstract
The gene for the Eco RV methylase has been cloned into a plasmid under control of the strong .lambda.PL promoter and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. This plasmid, pVICl, gives reliable overexpression of the methylase at levels of about 20% of total protein. Maximum yields of soluble protein are achieved after about 6 hours of induction. If the cells are harvested later than this much of the enzyme is found in the pellet fraction following centrifugation. A two column purification scheme using phosphocellulose and Blue-Sepharose chromatography has been developed. This yielded pure methylase in amounts of 5mg per gram E. coli cell paste. The enzyme is monomeric and methylates the first deoxyadenosine residue in its recognition sequence GATATC.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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