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. 1988 Mar;170(3):1339–1345. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.3.1339-1345.1988

An exocytoplasmic endonuclease with restriction function in Streptomyces antibioticus.

C G de los Reyes-Gavilan 1, J F Aparicio 1, C Barbes 1, C Hardisson 1, J Sanchez 1
PMCID: PMC210912  PMID: 2830237

Abstract

Streptomyces antibioticus produces a strong endo-DNase which is located between the cytoplasmic membrane and the cell wall. All DNA substrates assayed, including the chromosomal DNA of this species and several bacteriophage DNAs, were completely degraded in vitro by the enzyme. The rate of synthesis of the nuclease depended on the growth medium. In NBG medium, in which the enzyme is not produced, the size of lytic plaques of several actinophages was larger than that in GYM or GAE medium, in which synthesis of the nuclease takes place late in growth. In addition, one of the phages assayed, phi A6, showed a diminution of its efficiency of plating in GYM medium with respect to that in NBG medium; another phage, phi A9, grew in NBG medium but not in the other two media. It is postulated that the presence of the host nuclease, together with the capability of the particular phage to absorb on S. antibioticus of different growth phases, determines the efficiency of growth and the plaque size of the phages on productive media. This hypothesis was confirmed when the growth of phi A6 and phi A9 in a mutant of S. antibioticus lacking the endonuclease activity was analyzed. It is concluded that the enzyme can assume, under some circumstances, a role in in vivo restriction.

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