Restriction endonucleases from three strains of Haemophilus influenzae.

ABSTRACT

The restriction endonucleases, Hin P1 I1), Hin S1 I and Hin S2 I are isolated from three strains of Haemophilus influenzae respectively. By polymin P treatment, ammonium sulphate, precipitation and column chromatography on phosphocellulose and on heparin-Sepharose Hin P1 I is partially purified. No contaminating deoxyribonuclease activities have been detected in this purified enzyme preparation. The fact that the digestion patterns of Hin P2 I and Hha I on phage lambda, plasmids ColE1 an pBR 322 DNAs are identical that they are isoschizomers but theri splitting sites are different. The banding patterns of Hin S1 I and Hin S2 I are also the same as that of Hha I.