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Structural highlights

Function

MTR1_CERSP A beta subtype methylase, recognizes the double-stranded sequence 5'-GAATTC-3', methylates A-3 on both strands, and protects the DNA from cleavage by the RsrI endonuclease.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• DNA methyltransferase
• DNA methyltransferase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Kaszubska W, Aiken C, O'Connor CD, Gumport RI. Purification, cloning and sequence analysis of RsrI DNA methyltransferase: lack of homology between two enzymes, RsrI and EcoRI, that methylate the same nucleotide in identical recognition sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 1989 Dec 25;17(24):10403-25. PMID:2690017 doi:10.1093/nar/17.24.10403
2. ↑ Roberts RJ, Belfort M, Bestor T, Bhagwat AS, Bickle TA, Bitinaite J, Blumenthal RM, Degtyarev SKh, Dryden DT, Dybvig K, Firman K, Gromova ES, Gumport RI, Halford SE, Hattman S, Heitman J, Hornby DP, Janulaitis A, Jeltsch A, Josephsen J, Kiss A, Klaenhammer TR, Kobayashi I, Kong H, Kruger DH, Lacks S, Marinus MG, Miyahara M, Morgan RD, Murray NE, Nagaraja V, Piekarowicz A, Pingoud A, Raleigh E, Rao DN, Reich N, Repin VE, Selker EU, Shaw PC, Stein DC, Stoddard BL, Szybalski W, Trautner TA, Van Etten JL, Vitor JM, Wilson GG, Xu SY. A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes. Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Apr 1;31(7):1805-12. PMID:12654995