Molecular genetic analysis of transposase-end DNA sequence recognition: cooperativity of three adjacent base-pairs in specific interaction with a mutant Tn5 transposase.

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Transposition of Tn5 and IS50 requires the specific binding of transposase (Tnp) to the end inverted repeats, the outside end (OE) and the inside end (IE). OE and IE have 12 identical base-pairs and seven non-identical base-pairs. Previously we described the isolation of a Tnp mutant, EK54, that shows an altered preference for OE versus IE compared to wild-type (wt) Tnp. EK54 enhances OE recognition and decreases...

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