Restriction endonuclease Ecl18kI and similar endonucleases
Restriction endonuclease Ecl18kI recognizes the sequence |CCNGG and cleaves it before the outer C (| designates the cleavage site) to generate 5 nt 5'-overhangs. It belongs to a superfamily of nucleases including very short patch repair (Vsr) endonucleases, archaeal Holliday junction resolvases, MutH methyl-directed DNA mismatch-repair endonucleases, and catalytic domains of many restriction endonucleases, such as EcoRI, BamHI, and FokI.