[Restriction endonucleases from various bacterial strains exhibit an ice-nucleating activity]. / Endonukleazy restriktsii razlichnykh shtammov bakterii, obladaiushchikh l'doobrazuiushchei aktivnost'iu.

Six strains containing site-specific endonucleases II were selected from a collection of 45 ice-nucleating bacterial strains isolated from rhizosphere of plants growing in various geographical regions. Endonucleases Pfl211I, Psp8I, and Psp23I were isolated and purified from two Pseudomonas sp. strains and a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain. Restriction endonucleases Pfl21I and Psp23I were shown to recognize and cleave the DNA nucleotide sequence 5'-CTGCA decrease G-3'. Endonuclease Psp8I recognized and cleaved the DNA nucleotide sequence 5'-G decrease GATCC-3'. These endonucleases were found to be true isoschizomers of PstI and BamHI, respectively.