Research Article

LraI from Lactococcus raffinolactis BGTRK10-1, an Isoschizomer of EcoRI, Exhibits Ion Concentration-Dependent Specific Star Activity

Table 1

Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strains or plasmidsRelevant characteristicsSource or reference

Lactococcus raffinolactis
 BGTRK10-1Natural isolate from autochthonous sweet kajmak[17]
Escherichia coli
 DH5αsupE44 ΔlacU169 (80 lacZΔM15) hsdR17 recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 relA1[21]
 HB101  hsdS20 () supE44 recA13 ara-14 proA2 lacY1 rpsL20() xyl-5 mtl-1 galK2 lacY1 [24]
 ER2523fhuA2 [lon] ompT gal sulA11 R(mcr- 73::miniTn10- -TetS) 2 [dcm] R(zgb-210::Tn10- -TetS) endA1 Δ(mcrC-mrr)114::IS10New England Biolabs, Ltd. UK
 ER2523/pAZIL-LraRMCompetent cells obtained by transformation of ER2523 cells with pAZIL-LraRMThis study
Plasmids
 pAZIL7109 bp, , shuttle cloning vector[19]
 pAZIL-LraRMPCR fragments of LraI operon from BGTRK10-1 cloned into pAZIL vector predigested with SmaIThis study
 pAZIL-LraI672pBSDNA fragment of 672 bp obtained after digestion of pBluescipt SK+ with LraI activity cloned into pAZIL vector predigested with LraIThis study
 pAZILcos8194 bp, , shuttle cosmid vector[19]
 pAZILcosLraCosmid selected from total XbaI cosmid library of BGTRK10-1This study
 pBluescript SK+2958 bp, , cloning vectorStratagene
 pBSLraClaClaI fragment of 4239 bp obtained from pAZILcosLra cloned into pBluescript SK+ vectorThis study
 pMAL-c5X5677 bp, pMB1 origin, lacI, malE, bla, Factor Xa cleavage site;New England Biolabs, Ltd. UK
 pMAL-cX5LraI-29PCR fragment of LraI restriction endonuclease from pAZIL-LraRM cloned into pMAL-c5X vector predigested with XmnI and HindIII restriction enzymesThis study
 pMAL-cX5LraI-31PCR fragment of LraI restriction endonuclease from pAZIL-LraRM cloned into pMAL-c5X vector predigested with XmnI and HindIII restriction enzymesThis study
 pMAL-cX5LraI-42PCR fragment of LraI restriction endonuclease from pAZIL-LraRM cloned into pMAL-c5X vector predigested with XmnI and HindIII restriction enzymesThis study