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Query: EC:2.1.1.37 (DNA methyltransferase)
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The regulation of the Sso II restriction-modification system from Shigella sonnei was studied in vivo and in vitro . In lacZ fusion experiments, Sso II methyltransferase (M. Sso II) was found to repress its own synthesis but stimulate expression of the cognate restriction endonuclease (ENase). The N-terminal 72 amino acids of M. Sso II, predicted to form a helix-turn-helix (HTH) motif, was found to be responsible for the specific DNA-binding and regulatory function of M. Sso II. Similar HTH motifs are predicted in the N-terminus of a number of 5-methylcytosine methyltransferases, particularly M. Eco RII, M.dcm and M. Msp I, of which the ability to regulate autogenously has been proposed. In vitro, the binding of M. Sso II to its target DNA was investigated using a mobility shift assay. M. Sso II forms a specific and stable complex with a 140 bp DNA fragment containing the promoter region of Sso II R-M system. The dissociation constant (Kd) was determined to be 1.5x10(-8) M. DNaseI footprinting experiments demonstrated that M. Sso II protects a 48-52 bp region immediately upstream of the M. Sso II coding sequence which includes the predicted -10 promoter sequence of M. Sso II and the -10 and -35 sequences of R. Sso II.
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PMID:Specific binding of sso II DNA methyltransferase to its promoter region provides the regulation of sso II restriction-modification gene expression. 915 10

Selection of cells for resistance to vincristine or doxorubicin often induces overexpression of the multidrug resistance (MDR) genes, which encode the cell surface P-glycoproteins, as a result of gene amplification, transcriptional activation, or mRNA stabilization. The LMD1 and LMD4 cell lines were established after the transfer into mouse L cells of two independent yeast artificial chromosome clones containing 300 and 850 kb, respectively, of the human MDR locus. The human MDR1/PGY1 gene, but not the endogenous mouse mdr1a and mdr1b genes, was overexpressed as a result of gene amplification and transcriptional activation in various sublines of LMD1 and LMD4 cells selected for resistance to vincristine. Then we asked why human MDR1/PGY1 gene, but not mouse relevant gene, was expressed. Determination of the methylation status of cytosine residues at Msp I/Hap II cleavage sites (CCGG) in the promoter regions of human MDR1/PGY1 and mouse mdr1a revealed hypomethylation and hypermethylation of the human and mouse genes, respectively in LMD1, LMD4, and their vincristine-resistant derivatives. Various vincristine-resistant sublines were also established after exposure of LMD1 cells for 48 h to 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase. These sublines exhibited overexpression of mouse mdr1a and mdr1b, but not of human MDR1/PGY1, as well as hypomethylation of the mouse mdr1a promoter region. Thus, the selective expression of human or mouse MDR genes in this cell system appears to be related to the methylation status of the respective gene promoter regions.
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PMID:Maintenance of hypomethylation status and preferential expression of exogenous human MDR1/PGY1 gene in mouse L cells by YAC mediated transfer. 954 28

Male Wistar rats were exposed to ethylene Oxide (Eto) via inhalation at a concentration of 751.7 mg/m3 two hours a day and six days a week for nine consecutive weeks. Sensitivity test of restriction enzymes Mbo I, Sau3A I, Hpa II and Msp I and Southern blot were conducted to study the effects of ethylene oxide on activity of major intracellular modification enzyme, DNA methylase. Results showed that DNA in liver, kidney and testis of rats were completely enzymolysed and only one blot was seen after being treated with Hind III, Mbo I and Sau3A I, and incompletely enzymolysed and multiple blots were seen after being treated with Hpa II and Msp I. There were no significant differences in electrophoresis pattern, number of blots and intensity of radioautograph between the exposed animals and controls. It indicated that no effects of Eto on activity of DNA methylase in the liver, kidney and testis of rats was found, and degree of methylation in the testis was much less than that in the liver and kidney.
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PMID:[Effects of ethylene oxide on activity of DNA methylase in rats]. 981 95