Abstract
Antirestriction proteins ArdA and ArdB are specific inhibitors of type I restriction-modification enzymes. The ardA and yfeB (ardB) genes were cloned from the transmissible plasmid R64 in the pUC18 and pZE21 vectors. The R64 ArdA and ArdB proteins were shown to inhibit only restriction activity of the type I restriction-modification enzyme (EcoKI) in Escherichia coli K12 cells. In contrast to ArdA, ArdB inhibited EcoKI restriction activity only at a high intracellular concentration. Antirestriction activity of ArdB did not depend on the ClpXP protease. The yfeB (ardB) gene of the R64 plasmid is transcribed from a weak promoter located upstream of yfeA.
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