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Abstract
Bending of DNA induced by M.Msp I, one of the m5C-DNA methyltransferases, has been investigated using circular permutation analysis. The M.Msp I MTase induced sharp bends in DNA containing its recognition sequence 5'-CCGG-3'which was estimated to be 142+/-4 degrees and 132+/-4 degrees for circularly permuted DNA fragments of 127 and 1459 bp respectively. The bend centre was found to be asymmetric with respect to the CCGG sequence and appeared to exclude the 'target cytosine'. An estimate of approximately 15 kcal/mol was obtained for the free energy associated with M.Msp I-induced DNA bending.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9115372 PMCID: PMC146686 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.10.2025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN: 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971