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Cell Biophys
1989 Jan 01;151-2:127-43. doi: 10.1007/bf02991585.
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Sea urchin DNA methyltransferases.
Tosi L
,
Tomei L
,
Branno M
,
Fuggi A
,
Aniello F
,
Geraci G
.
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DNA methyltransferase activities have been partially purified from unfertilized eggs and blastula nuclei of sea urchin embryos. Comparative studies, using different DNAs as substrates, show that the two preparations are most active on hemimethylated and single-strand DNA, but they methylate, though at a lower rate, also on double-strand DNA. The two activities show distinctive efficiencies in methylating plasmid DNAs and marked differences in the rate of methyl transfer to DNAs in different structural states: linear, relaxed, or supercoiled. The ratio of the apparent specific activity of the two preparations depends on the particular DNA used as substrate and its structure. Methylation analysis of the restriction fragments of methylated plasmid DNAs shows a linear correlation between introduced methyl groups and the percent of CpG of each particular fragment, indicating that methylation is substantially random and sequence is less relevant than conformation in determining enzyme efficiency. The data do not permit us to decide if the two activities are different enzymes or the same enzyme with different modulating factors.
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