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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2003
Richard D. Morgan, Middletown, MA (US);
Tanya Bhatia, Peabody, MA (US);
Theodore Davis, Boxford, MA (US);
Lindsay Lovasco, Salem, MA (US);
Richard D. Morgan, Middletown, MA (US);
Tanya Bhatia, Peabody, MA (US);
Theodore Davis, Boxford, MA (US);
Lindsay Lovasco, Salem, MA (US);
New England BioLabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) fragment which encodes the MmeI type II restriction endonuclease enzyme. This one polypeptide possesses two related enzymatic functions; namely an endonuclease activity which recognizes the DNA sequence 5'-TCC(Pu)AC-3′ and cleaves as indicated by the arrows: and a second enzymatic activity that recognizes the same DNA sequence, 5′-TCC(Pu)AC-3′, but modifies this sequence by the addition of a methyl group to prevent cleavage by the MmeI endonuclease activity.