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Identification and characterization of an active plasmid partition mechanism for the novel Lactococcus lactis plasmid pCI2000.

Abstract
The replication region of the lactococcal plasmid pCI2000 was subcloned and analyzed. The nucleotide sequence of one 5.6-kb EcoRI fragment which was capable of supporting replication when cloned on a replication probe vector revealed the presence of seven putative open reading frames (ORFs). One ORF exhibited significant homology to several replication proteins from plasmids considered to replicate via a theta mode. Deletion analysis showed that this ORF, designated repA, is indeed required for replication. The results also suggest that the origin of replication is located outside repA. Upstream and divergently transcribed from repA, an ORF that showed significant (48 to 64%) homology to a number of proteins that are required for faithful segregation of chromosomal or plasmid DNA of gram-negative bacteria was identified. Gene interruption and transcomplementation experiments showed that this ORF, designated parA, is required for stable inheritance of pCI2000 and is active in trans. This is the first example of such a partitioning mechanism for plasmids in gram-positive bacteria.
AuthorsK Kearney, G F Fitzgerald, J F Seegers
JournalJournal of bacteriology (J Bacteriol) Vol. 182 Issue 1 Pg. 30-7 (Jan 2000) ISSN: 0021-9193 [Print] United States
PMID10613859 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Trans-Activators
  • chromosome partition proteins, bacterial
  • replication initiator protein
  • DNA Helicases
Topics
  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA Helicases
  • DNA Replication (genetics)
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Lactococcus lactis (genetics)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Plasmids (genetics)
  • Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Replication Origin
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Trans-Activators

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