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Structural Stability And Endonuclease Activity Of Pi-Scei Gfp-Fusion Protein, Ali Senejani, Peter J. Gogarten
Structural Stability And Endonuclease Activity Of Pi-Scei Gfp-Fusion Protein, Ali Senejani, Peter J. Gogarten
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Homing endonucleases are site-specific and rare cutting endonucleases often encoded by intron or intein containing genes. They lead to the rapid spread of the genetic element that hosts them by a process termed ‘homing’; and ultimately the allele containing the element will be fixed in the population. PI-SceI, an endonuclease encoded as a protein insert or intein within the yeast V-ATPase catalytic subunit encoding gene (vma1), is among the best characterized homing endonucleases. The structures of the Sce VMA1 intein and of the intein bound to its target site are known. Extensive biochemical studies performed on the PI-SceI enzyme provide …