Author URLs
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
MeSH Terms
Inteins, Proteins, Endonucleases
Subject: LCSH
Proteins, Endonucleases
Disciplines
Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Abstract
Homing endonucleases are site-specific and rare cutting endonucleases often encoded by intron or intein containing genes. They lead to the rapid spread of the genetic element that hosts them by a process termed ‘homing’; and ultimately the allele containing the element will be fixed in the population. PI-SceI, an endonuclease encoded as a protein insert or intein within the yeast V-ATPase catalytic subunit encoding gene (vma1), is among the best characterized homing endonucleases. The structures of the Sce VMA1 intein and of the intein bound to its target site are known. Extensive biochemical studies performed on the PI-SceI enzyme provide information useful to recognize critical amino acids involved in self-splicing and endonuclease functions of the protein. Here we describe an insertion of the Green Fluorescence Protein (GFP) into a loop which is located between the endonuclease and splicing domains of the Sce VMA1 intein. The GFP is functional and the additional GFP domain does not prevent intein excision and endonuclease activity. However, the endonuclease activity of the newly engineered protein was different from the wild-type protein in that it required the presence of Mn2+ and not Mg2+ metal cations for activity.
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Repository Citation
Senejani, Ali and Gogarten, Peter J., "Structural Stability and Endonuclease Activity of PI-SceI GFP-Fusion Protein" (2007). Biology and Environmental Science Faculty Publications. 48.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/biology-facpubs/48
Publisher Citation
Senejani, A.G. and Gogarten, J.P. “Structural stability and endonuclease activity of PI-SceI GFP-fusion protein.” Int J Biol Sci 2007; 3:205-211
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