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Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, June 2000, p. 412-434, Vol. 64, No. 2
1092-2172/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Type I Restriction Systems: Sophisticated Molecular Machines (a Legacy of Bertani and Weigle)

Noreen E. Murray*

Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom

Restriction enzymes are well known as reagents widely used by molecular biologists for genetic manipulation and analysis, but these reagents represent only one class (type II) of a wider range of enzymes that recognize specific nucleotide sequences in DNA molecules and detect the provenance of the DNA on the basis of specific modifications to their target sequence. Type I restriction and modification (R-M) systems are complex; a single multifunctional enzyme can respond to the modification state of its target sequence with the alternative activities of modification or restriction. In the absence of DNA modification, a type I R-M enzyme behaves like a molecular motor, translocating vast stretches of DNA towards itself before eventually breaking the DNA molecule. These sophisticated enzymes are the focus of this review, which will emphasize those aspects that give insights into more general problems of molecular and microbial biology. Current molecular experiments explore target recognition, intramolecular communication, and enzyme activities, including DNA translocation. Type I R-M systems are notable for their ability to evolve new specificities, even in laboratory cultures. This observation raises the important question of how bacteria protect their chromosomes from destruction by newly acquired restriction specifities. Recent experiments demonstrate proteolytic mechanisms by which cells avoid DNA breakage by a type I R-M system whenever their chromosomal DNA acquires unmodified target sequences. Finally, the review will reflect the present impact of genomic sequences on a field that has previously derived information almost exclusively from the analysis of bacteria commonly studied in the laboratory.

* Mailing address: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Darwin Building, Mayfield Rd., King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 131 650 5374. Fax: 44 131 650 8650. E-mail: Noreen.Murray{at}ed.ac.uk.

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, June 2000, p. 412-434, Vol. 64, No. 2
1092-2172/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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