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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 11, 6086-6091, Apr, 1990

Primary structure of a DNA (N6-adenine)-methyltransferase from Escherichia coli virus T1. DNA sequence, genomic organization, and comparative analysis

E Schneider-Scherzer, B Auer, EJ de Groot and M Schweiger
Institut fur Biochemie, Universitat Innsbruck, Austria.

Escherichia coli virus T1 encodes a DNA (N6-adenine)-methyltransferase (M.T1) with the same sequence specificity as the E. coli DNA (N6- adenine)-methyltransferase (M.Eco dam). This enzyme was purified to homogeneity and a partial amino acid sequence determined. Oligonucleotides were constructed and used not only as probes to map the gene on the T1 genome, but also as primers in sequencing reactions to establish the nucleotide sequence of the M.T1 locus by primer extension. These data represent the first analysis of the genomic organization of bacterial virus T1 on a molecular level. Significant homology to E. coli consensus transcription and translation-initiation signals suggest that the gene for M.T1 is most probably under control of its own promoter. It may be transcribed as a polycistronic mRNA, together with a downstream open reading frame which codes for a polypeptide containing 83 amino acids (HP 83). Both the deduced primary and the secondary structure of the M.T1 were compared to those of other known DNA methyltransferases, especially those recognizing the sequence, GATC; there is little similarity of the T1 enzyme to the other members of this family.
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