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Table 1 Summary of features of the Thermus sp.enzyme family

From: Related bifunctional restriction endonuclease-methyltransferase triplets: TspDTI, Tth111II/TthHB27I and TsoI with distinct specificities

REase

TspDTI

Tth111II

TthHB27I

TsoI

TspGWI

TaqII

Bacterial host

Thermus sp. DT

Thermus thermophilus 111

Thermus thermophilus HB27

Thermus scotoductus

Thermus sp. GW

Thermus aquaticus YTI

Recognition and cleavage site

ATGAA(11/9)

CAARCA(11/9)

CAARCA(11/9)

TARCCA(11/9)

ACGGA(11/9)

GACCGA(11/9)

Recognition site length (bp)

5

6, (degenerated)

6 (degenerated)

6 (degenerated)

5

6

ORF GC%

57.99

61.67

61.59

56.54

69.19

66.27

Polypeptide length (aa)

1112

1106

1121

1116

1097

1106

Molecular weight (kDa)

126.885

125.956

127.672

126.474

120.202

125.675

Native molecular size (kDa)/protein organization

110-130 monomer

110-130 monomer

ND

ND

110-130 monomer

110-130 monomer

Optimum reaction temperature

65°C

65-70°C

ND

55°C

65°C

65°C

Single site cleavage

Yes

ND

ND

ND

Two sites preferred

Yes

Isoelectric point (calculated)

6.68

6.60

6.80

8.11

6.58

5.40

Specific DNA + methylation

 

ND

ND

+

+

+

Cleavage stimulation with SAM

Yes

ND

ND

Yes

Slight inhibition

Yes

Cleavage stimulation with SIN (SAM analogue)

Yes

ND

ND

ND

Yes, specificity change

Yes, specificity change

Methylation stimulation with Ca2+

No

ND

ND

ND

Yes

Yes

Cleavage stimulation with divalent cations

Ca2+

ND

ND

ND

Mn2+, Fe2+, Co2+ not stimulated by Ca2+

ND

Domain organization*

R-Mh-Mc-S

R-Mh-Mc-S

R-Mh-Mc-S

R-Mh-Mc-S

R-Mh-Mc-S

R-Mh-Mc-S

Cleavage catalytic motif (B/E)**

atypical

D-EXE (B)

atypical D-EXE (B)

atypical D-EXE (B)

atypical D-EXE (B)

PDX13EX1K (B + E)

PDX13EX1K (B + E)

SAM binding motif: (B/E)**

DPACGSG (B)

DPACGSG (B)

DPACGSG (B)

PPACGSG (B)

DPAVGTG (B + E)

DPAMGTG (B + E)

Methylation catalytic motif (B/E)**

NPPW (B)

NPPW (B)

NPPW (B)

NPPW (B)

NPPY (B + E)

NPPY (B + E)

Subfamily homology*

Subfamily TspDTI

Subfamily TspDTI

Subfamily TspDTI

Subfamily TspDTI

Subfamily TspGWI

Subfamily TspGWI

Reference

[20]

GenBank: AY726624.1, [20, 26]

GenBank: AE017221.1

This work, manuscript in preparation

[19, 23]

GenBank: AY057443, 21

  1. * Domain organization: R, REase catalytic domain; Mh, MTase helical domain; Mc, MTase catalytic domain; S, putative specific DNA recognition domain
  2. ** B, determined by bioinformatics analysis; E, experimentally determined by site-directed mutagenesis.