The cytosine N4-methyltransferase M.PvuII also modifies adenine residues
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The cytosine N4-methyltransferase M.PvuII also modifies adenine residues
Abstract
Methylation of DNA occurs at the C5 and N4 positions of cytosine and N6 of adenine. The chemistry of methylation is similar among methyltransferases specific for cytosine-N4 and adenine-N6. Moreover these enzymes have similar structures and active sites. Previously it has been demonstrated that the DNA-(adenine-N6)-methyltransferases M.EcoRV, M.EcoRI, E. coli dam and both domains of M.FokI also modify cytosine residues at the N4 position [Jeltsch et al., J. Biol. Chem. 274 (1999), 19538-19544]. Here we show that the cytosine-N4 methyltransferase M.PvuII, which modifies the second cytosine in CAGCTG sequences, also methylates adenine residues in CAGATG/CAGCTG substrates in which the target cytosine is replaced by adenine in one strand of the recognition sequence. Therefore, adenine-N6 and cytosine-N4 methyltransferases have overlapping target base specificities. These results demonstrate that the target base recognition by N-specific DNA methyltransferases is relaxed in many cases. Furthermore, it shows that the catalytic mechanisms of adenine-N6 and cytosine-N4 methyltransferases are very similar.
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