Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México 20, D.F., Apdo. Postal 70228, Mexico
Abstract:
A new type-II restriction endonuclease SphI, has been partially purified from Streptomyces phaeochromogenes. SphI recognizes the hexanucleotide sequence 5′-GCATG↓C and cleaves it at the position marked by the arrow. This nucleotide sequence is present twice in SV40 DNA, four times in λ DNA and only once in the cloning vehicles pBR322, pBR325, pBR327 and pBR328.