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How the BfiI restriction enzyme uses one active site to cut two DNA strands

机译:BfiI限制酶如何利用一个活性位点切割两条DNA链

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Unlike other restriction enzymes, BfiI functions without metal ions. It recognizes an asymmetric DNA sequence, 5'-ACTGGG-3', and cuts top and bottom strands at fixed positions downstream of this sequence. Many restriction enzymes are dimers of identical subunits, with one active site for each DNA strand. Others, like FokI, dimerize transiently during catalysis. BfiI is also a dimer but it has only one active site, at the dinner interface. We show here that BfiI remains a dinner as it makes double-strand breaks in DNA and that its single active site acts sequentially, first on the bottom and then the top strand. Hence, after cutting the bottom strand, a rearrangement of either the protein and/or the DNA in the BfiI-DNA complex must switch the active site to the top strand. Low pH values selectively block top-strand cleavage, converting BfiI into a nicking enzyme that cleaves only the bottom strand. The switch to the top strand may depend on the ionization of the cleaved 5' phosphate in the bottom strand. BfiI thus uses a mechanism for making double-strand breaks that is novel among restriction enzymes. [References: 30]
机译:与其他限制酶不同,BfiI在没有金属离子的情况下起作用。它识别不对称的DNA序列5'-ACTGGG-3',并在该序列下游的固定位置切割上链和下链。许多限制酶是相同亚基的二聚体,每条DNA链都有一个活性位点。其他诸如FokI的催化剂在催化过程中会瞬间二聚。 BfiI也是一个二聚体,但在晚餐界面上只有一个活动位点。我们在这里显示BfiI仍然是一顿晚餐,因为它使DNA发生双链断裂,并且其单个活性位点依次作用于底部,然后依次作用于顶部。因此,在切割底部链之后,BfiI-DNA复合物中蛋白质和/或DNA的重排必须将活性位点切换到顶部链。低pH值会选择性阻断上链切割,从而将BfiI转换为仅切割下链的切刻酶。切换到顶部链可能取决于底部链中切割的5'磷酸的离子化。因此,BfiI使用一种在限制酶中新颖的双链断裂机制。 [参考:30]

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