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. 1990 Nov 25;18(22):6607–6609. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.22.6607

M.Smal is an N4-methylcytosine specific DNA-methylase.

S Klimasauskas 1, D Steponaviciene 1, Z Maneliene 1, M Petrusyte 1, V Butkus 1, A Janulaitis 1
PMCID: PMC332617  PMID: 2251121

Abstract

An enzymatic activity rendering DNA immune to the action of the Smal restriction endonuclease in the presence of S-adenosyl-L-methionine has been detected in Serratia marcescens Sb. This methylase, M.Smal, modifies the second cytosine residue of the substrate sequence CCCGGG yielding N4-methylcytosine.

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