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Besides their important biological role, restriction endonucleases are of great use for different biotechnological purposes and are indispensable for many cloning and sequencing procedures. Methods for specific detection of restriction endonuclease activities can therefore find broad use for many purposes. In the current study, we demonstrate proof-of-concept for a new principle for the detection of restriction endonuclease activities. The method is based on rolling circle amplification of circular DNA products that can only be formed upon restriction digestion of specially designed DNA substrates. By combining the activity of the target restriction endonuclease with the highly specific Cre recombinase to generate DNA circles, we demonstrate specific detection of selected restriction endonuclease activities even in crude cell extracts. This is, to our knowledge, the first example of a sensor system that allows activity measurements of restriction endonucleases in crude samples. The presented sensor system may prove valuable for future characterization of bacteria species or strains based on their expression of restriction endonucleases as well as for quantification of restriction endonuclease activities directly in extracts from recombinant cells.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22207763","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,14]],"date-time":"2022-10-14T01:44:13Z","timestamp":1665711853000},"page":"7763","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Rolling Circle Enhanced Detection of Specific Restriction Endonuclease Activities in Crude Cell Extracts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Kamilla Vands\u00f8","family":"Petersen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"},{"name":"VPCIR Biosciences Aps, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2986-9618","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cinzia","family":"Tesauro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"VPCIR Biosciences Aps, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Marianne Smedegaard","family":"Hede","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"VPCIR Biosciences Aps, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Camilla","family":"Pages","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"L\u00e6rke Bay","family":"Marcussen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0567-3653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Josephine Geertsen","family":"Keller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Magnus","family":"Bugge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Kasper","family":"Holm","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Lotte","family":"Bjergb\u00e6k","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Magnus","family":"Stougaard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2534-2942","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christian","family":"Wejse","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Birgitta R.","family":"Knudsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"},{"name":"VPCIR Biosciences Aps, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"123","article-title":"Restriction Endonuclease","volume":"4","author":"Roberts","year":"1976","journal-title":"Crit. 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