• Biochemical characterization of ParI, an orphan C5-DNA methyltransferase from Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4 

      Grgic, Miriam; Williamson, Adele Kim; Bjerga, Gro Elin Kjæreng; Altermark, Bjørn; Leiros, Ingar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-25)
      <p>Cytosine-specific DNA methyltransferases are important enzymes in most living organisms. In prokaryotes, most DNA methyltransferases are members of the type II restriction-modification system where they methylate host DNA, thereby protecting it from digestion by the accompanying restriction endonucleases. DNA methyltransferases can also act as solitary enzymes having important roles in controlling ...
    • DNA binding with a minimal scaffold: structure-function analysis of Lig E DNA ligases 

      Williamson, Adele Kim; Grgic, Miriam; Leiros, Hanna-Kirsti S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-11)
      DNA ligases join breaks in the phosphodiester backbone of DNA by catalysing the formation of bonds between opposing 5′P and 3′OH ends in an adenylation-dependent manner. Catalysis is accompanied by reorientation of two core domains to provide access to the active site for cofactor utilization and enable substrate binding and product release. The general paradigm is that DNA ligases engage their DNA ...
    • Properties and distribution of a metallo-β-lactamase (ALI-1) from the fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida LFI1238 

      Kristiansen, Anders; Grgic, Miriam; Altermark, Bjørn; Leiros, Ingar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Objectives. To characterize the chromosome-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) from the psychrophilic, marine fish-pathogenic bacterium Aliivibrio salmonicida LFI1238 and check for the presence of the gene in other Aliivibrio isolates both connected to the fish-farming industry and from the environment. Methods. The MBL gene was cloned and intracellularly expressed in Escherichia coli. Kinetic ...