Translocation-coupled DNA cleavage by the Type ISP restriction-modification enzymes
Chand, M.K., Nirwan, N., Diffin, F.M., Aelst, K.V., Kulkarni, M., Pernstich, C., Szczelkun, M.D., Saikrishnan, K.(2015) Nat Chem Biol 11: 870-877
- PubMed: 26389736 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1926
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4XQK - PubMed Abstract: 
Production of endonucleolytic double-strand DNA breaks requires separate strand cleavage events. Although catalytic mechanisms for simple, dimeric endonucleases are known, there are many complex nuclease machines that are poorly understood. Here we studied the single polypeptide Type ISP restriction-modification (RM) enzymes, which cleave random DNA between distant target sites when two enzymes collide after convergent ATP-driven translocation ...