Title
Quantitation of Dam methyltransferase in Escherichia coli
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
1992-03-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Blotting, Western; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli Proteins; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Methyltransferases; *Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)
Disciplines
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health
Abstract
An antiserum against Escherichia coli Dam methyltransferase has been developed in rabbits and employed to detect and quantitate the enzyme in immunoblots. A wild-type, rapidly growing E. coli cell (doubling time = 30 min) was found to contain about 130 molecules of Dam methyltransferase.
Source
J Bacteriol. 1992 Mar;174(5):1682-5.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of bacteriology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
1537808
Repository Citation
Boye, Erik; Marinus, Martin G.; and Lobner-Olesen, Anders, "Quantitation of Dam methyltransferase in Escherichia coli" (1992). Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Publications and Presentations. 39.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/bmp_pp/39