Publication Abstract from PubMed
The three-dimensional crystal structures of HindIII bound to its cognate DNA with and without divalent cations were solved at 2.17 and 2.00 A resolution, respectively. HindIII forms a dimer. The structures showed that HindIII belongs to the EcoRI-like (alpha-class) subfamily of type II restriction endonucleases. The cognate DNA-complex structures revealed the specific DNA-recognition mechanism of HindIII by which it recognizes the palindromic sequence A/AGCTT. In the Mg(2+) ion-soaked structure the DNA was cleaved and two ions were bound at each active site, corresponding to the two-metal-ion mechanism.
Structures of restriction endonuclease HindIII in complex with its cognate DNA and divalent cations.,Watanabe N, Takasaki Y, Sato C, Ando S, Tanaka I Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2009 Dec;65(Pt 12):1326-33. doi:, 10.1107/S0907444909041134. Epub 2009 Nov 17. PMID:19966419[1]
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