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Differential inhibition of a restriction enzyme by quinoxaline antibiotics

1982; Elsevier BV; Volume: 699; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0167-4781(82)90109-9

1879-2634

ALAN D. B. MALCOLM, John R. Moffatt, Keith R. Fox, Michael J. Waring,

Metal complexes synthesis and properties

The inhibition of cleavage by HpaI at two well-defined restriction sites in linearised ØX174-RF DNA by quinoxaline antibiotics has been investigated. Echinomycin, which displays a certain preference for binding to GC basepairs, inhibits cleavage at one site much more than the other, whereas triostin A, which displays less pronounced sequence-selectivity, inhibits both sites about equally. Other congeners inhibit reaction at the two sites with varying effectiveness. The results demonstrate the usefulness of studying inhibition of cleavage at specific sites by restriction enzymes as a means of exploring the specificity of DNA-ligand interactions.