Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10770881 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The addition of a new function to native proteins is one of the most attractive protein-based designs. In this study, we have converted a C2H2-type zinc finger as a DNA-binding motif into a novel zinc finger-type nuclease by connecting two distinct zinc finger proteins (Sp1 and GLI) with a functional linker possessing DNA cleavage activity. As a DNA cleavage domain, we chose an analogue of the metal-binding loop (12 amino acid residues), peptide P1, which has been reported to exhibit a strong binding affinity for a lanthanide ion and DNA cleavage ability in the presence of Ce(IV). Our newly designed nucleases, Sp1(P1)GLI and Sp1(P1G)GLI, can strongly bind to a lanthanide ion and show a unique DNA cleavage pattern, in which certain positions between the two DNA-binding sites are specifically cleaved. The present result provides useful information for expanding the design strategy for artificial nucleases.
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Authors
Takako Nakatsukasa, Yasuhisa Shiraishi, Shigeru Negi, Miki Imanishi, Shiroh Futaki, Yukio Sugiura,