Abstract

The structure of a complex between EcoRI endonuclease and a cognate oligonucleotide shows that sequence specificity is mediated by 12 protein-DNA hydrogen bonds. These interactions discriminate the EcoRI recognition site from all other sequences because any base substitution would rupture at least one of these hydrogen bonds.

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