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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 8, 5213-5221, February 19, 1999

Regions of Endonuclease EcoRII Involved in DNA Target Recognition Identified by Membrane-bound Peptide Repertoires

From the Institutes of Virology and ^§ Medical Immunology, Humboldt University Medical School (Charité), D-10098 Berlin, Germany

Target sequence-specific DNA binding regions of the restriction endonuclease EcoRII were identified by screening a membrane-bound EcoRII-derived peptide scan with an EcoRII recognition site (CCWGG) oligonucleotide duplex. Dodecapeptides overlapping by nine amino acids and representing the complete protein were prepared by spot synthesis. Two separate DNA binding regions, amino acids 88-102 and amino acids 256-273, which share the consensus motif KXRXXK, emerged. Screening 570 single substitution analogues obtained by exchanging every residue of both binding sites for all other amino acids demonstrated that replacing basic residues in the consensus motifs significantly reduced DNA binding. EcoRII mutant enzymes generated by substituting alanine or glutamic acid for the consensus lysine residues in DNA binding site I expressed attenuated DNA binding, whereas corresponding substitutions in DNA binding site II caused impaired cleavage, but enzyme secondary structure was unaffected. Furthermore, Glu⁹⁶, which is part of a potential catalytic motif and also locates to DNA binding site I, was demonstrated to be critical for DNA cleavage and binding. Homology studies of DNA binding site II revealed strong local homology to SsoII (recognition sequence, CCNGG) and patterns of sequence conservation, suggesting the existence of functionally related DNA binding sites in diverse restriction endonucleases with recognition sequences containing terminal C:G or G:C pairs.

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