Type II restriction-modification system methylation subunit of
Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for modulating or altering recombination inside or outside of a cell using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and/or nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius.
1. An isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2976.
2. The isolated nucleic acid sequence of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide has activity at or below about pH 8.
3. The isolated nucleic acid sequence of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide has activity at a temperature at or above about 50 degrees Celsius.
4. The isolated nucleic acid sequence of claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid sequence is present in a vector.
5. The isolated nucleic acid sequence of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide has activity as a Type II restriction-modification system methylation subunit.
6. The isolated nucleic acid sequence of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 2976.
7. The isolated nucleic acid sequence of claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 2977.