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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 16, 7461-7464, Jun, 1988

On the mechanism of DNA-adenine methylase

AL Pogolotti Jr, A Ono, R Subramaniam and DV Santi
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

Experiments were performed to determine whether EcoRI methylase catalyzes the transfer of the methyl group of S-adenosylmethionine (a) directly to the N6 of adenine in DNA or (b) initially to N1 to give N1- methyladenine followed by isomerization of the N1-methylamino and 6-NH2 to give N6-methyladenine (Dimroth rearrangement). A facile synthesis of highly enriched [6-15N]deoxyadenosine and a dodecamer substrate of EcoRI methylase with [6-15N]adenine in the methylation site are reported. In the product of EcoRI enzymatic methylation, all of the isotope remains at the N6 position of the N6-methyladenine product. It is concluded that, contrary to existing chemical precedent, the methylation occurs by direct transfer from S-adenosylmethionine to the N6 of adenine in DNA.
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