Replication system of plasmid pMTH4 of Paracoccus methylutens DM12 contains an enhancer

• Autorzy: Szymanik M , Welc-Faleciak R. , Bartosik D. , Wlodarczyk M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The replication system of plasmid pMTH4 (22 kb) of dichloromethane-degrading Paracoccus methylutens DM12 (Alphaproteobacteria) has been cloned within a mini-replicon pMTH100 (4.7 kb) and preliminarily characterized. Functional analysis, performed with a series of mutated plasmid mini-derivatives, showed that the replicator region consists of three elements: (i) gene repA coding for a replication initiation protein RepA, (ii) origin of replication (oriV), placed in the promoter region of repA and containing a set of imperfect directly repeated sequences (iterons) together with putative DnaA and IHF-binding DNA sequences as well as (iii) an enhancer (0.65 kb) upstream of oriV. We showed that the enhancer was not crucial for plasmid replication, however, it was necessary to assure the proper plasmid copy number. Additionally its presence has increased the strength of a determinant of incompatibility (located within the oriV region) as well as the level of transcription carried from the repA promoter. The enhancer region was shown not to encode any proteins or promoter sequences. We speculate that this region might constitute a site of binding of plasmid or host-encoded proteins that are able to interact with the origin, which positively regulates the initiation of replication.

Słowa kluczowe

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Gram-negative bacterium; Paracoccus methylutens; iteron; RepA protein; plasmid; enhancer; replication system; repA gene

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Microbiology
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 55
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.261-270,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Szymanik M

• Warsaw University, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Welc-Faleciak R.

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Bartosik D.

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Wlodarczyk M.

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