Restriction enzyme from Brevibacterium linens
AssigneeTakara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuhiko Yamamoto, Hiroaki Sagawa, Hirokazu Kotani, Nobutsugu Hiraoka, Teruya Nakamura
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Abstract
A restriction enzyme is obtained by cultivating a strain of Brevibacterium linens and recovering the restriction enzyme. The restriction enzyme, which has the same specificity as AvrII, cleaves the following nucleotide sequence specifically at the arrow-marked sites: ##STR1##
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A process for producing a restriction enzyme which comprises cultivating a strain of Brevibacterium linens having all the identifying characteristics of Brevibacterium linens IAM 1902 (FERM BP-2870) under conditions sufficient to produce said restriction enzyme, and recovering said restriction enzyme, wherein said restriction enzyme cleaves the following nucleotide sequence specifically at the arrow-marked sites:
- ##STR7##
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