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Literature summary for 2.1.1.72 extracted from

  • Horton, J.; Zhang, X.; Blumenthal, R.; Cheng, X.
    Structures of Escherichia coli DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) in complex with a non-GATC sequence: Potential implications for methylation-independent transcriptional repression (2015), Nucleic Acids Res., 43, 4296-4308.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expressed in Escherichia coli Hms174(DE3) cells Escherichia coli

Crystallization (Commentary)

Crystallization (Comment) Organism
in complex with non-cognate DNA, lacking any GATC sequences, hanging drop vapor diffusion method, using 5-40% (w/v) PEG 200 from and 100 mM MES or HEPES (pH 6.4-7.0) Escherichia coli

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + DNA adenine Escherichia coli
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S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + DNA 6-methylaminopurine
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli P0AEE8
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
Ni2+ affinity column chromatography, UnoS column chromatography, and S75 Sepharose column chromatography Escherichia coli

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
additional information relative to GATC, three near-cognate substrates that carry a base-pair substitution at the first position are still methylated by the enzyme, although at rates reduced by 100fold (AATC) or 1000fold (CATC) Escherichia coli ?
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + DNA adenine
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Escherichia coli S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + DNA 6-methylaminopurine
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
Dam
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Escherichia coli
DNA adenine methyltransferase
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Escherichia coli

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
metabolism the enzyme, in addition to being responsible for GATC methylation, can also function as a methylation-independent transcriptional repressor Escherichia coli