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Truncaite L, Zajanckauskaite A, Arlauskas A, Nivinskas R. Transcription and RNA processing during expression of genes preceding DNA ligase gene 30 in T4-related bacteriophages. Virology 2006; 344:378-90. [PMID: 16225899 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Revised: 07/01/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Early gene expression in bacteriophage T4 is controlled primarily by the unique early promoters, while T4-encoded RegB endoribonuclease promotes degradation of many early messages contributing to the rapid shift of gene expression from the early to middle stages. The regulatory region for the genes clustered upstream of DNA ligase gene 30 of T4 was known to carry two strong early promoters and two putative RegB sites. Here, we present the comparative analysis of the regulatory events in this region of 16 T4-type bacteriophages. The regulatory elements for control of this gene cluster, such as rho-independent terminator, at least one early promoter, the sequence for stem-loop structure, and the RegB cleavage sites have been found to be conserved in the phages studied. Also, we present experimental evidence that the initial cleavage by RegB of phages TuIa and RB69 enables degradation of early phage mRNAs by the major Escherichia coli endoribonuclease, RNase E.
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- Lidija Truncaite
- Department of Gene Engineering, Institute of Biochemistry, Mokslininku 12, 08662 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Orsini G, Igonet S, Pène C, Sclavi B, Buckle M, Uzan M, Kolb A. Phage T4 early promoters are resistant to inhibition by the anti-sigma factor AsiA. Mol Microbiol 2004; 52:1013-28. [PMID: 15130121 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04038.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phage T4 early promoters are transcribed in vivo and in vitro by the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme Esigma(70). We studied in vitro the effects of the T4 anti-sigma(70) factor AsiA on the activity of several T4 early promoters. In single-round transcription, promoters motB, denV, mrh.2, motA wild type and UP element-deleted motA are strongly resistant to inhibition by AsiA. The alpha-C-terminal domain of Esigma(70) is crucial to this resistance. DNase I footprinting of Esigma(70) and Esigma(70)AsiA on motA and mrh.2 shows extended contacts between the holoenzyme with or without AsiA and upstream regions of these promoters. A TG --> TC mutation of the extended -10 motif in the motA UP element-deleted promoter strongly increases susceptibility to inhibition by AsiA, but has no effect on the motA wild-type promoter: either the UP element or the extended -10 site confers resistance to AsiA. Potassium permanganate reactivity shows that the two structure elements are not equivalent: with AsiA, the motA UP element-deleted promoter opens more slowly whereas the motA TC promoter opens like the wild type. Changes in UV laser photoreactivity at position +4 on variants of motA reveal an analogous distinction in the roles of the extended -10 and UP promoter elements.
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- Gilbert Orsini
- Unité des Régulations Transcriptionnelles, Département de Microbiologie Fondamentale et Médicale, URA 2185 du CNRS, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Truncaite L, Zajanckauskaite A, Nivinskas R. Identification of two middle promoters upstream DNA ligase gene 30 of bacteriophage T4. J Mol Biol 2002; 317:179-90. [PMID: 11902835 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2002.5407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bacteriophage T4 DNA ligase gene 30 lies in the cluster of prereplicative genes located counterclockwise from map units 149 to 121. Based on the early transcription studies this gene has been considered as a typical early gene of bacteriophage T4. In agreement with this assignment, two strong T4 early promoters, P(E )30.8 (128.6) and P(E )30.7 (128.2), located about 3.1 and 2.7 kb upstream from gene 30 have been revealed by promoter mapping and sequence analysis. In addition, the existence of a putative early promoter just upstream of gene 30 was proposed from the sequence data. However, here we show that the putative early promoter just upstream of gene 30 is, in fact, a T4 middle promoter. Furthermore, we detected one more middle promoter located in the genomic region between early promoter P(E )30.7 (128.2) and DNA ligase gene 30 in the coding region of gene 30.3. Both new middle promoters have differences from the consensus MotA box, while their -10 regions match the sigma(70) consensus sequence very well. The 5' ends of MotA-dependent transcripts directed from these promoters, as well as the kinetics of 5' end accumulation in the cells, have been determined by primer extension analysis. The results of these analyses indicate that both MotA-dependent and MotA-independent promoters control the transcription of T4 DNA ligase gene 30 in vivo. Moreover, we show that the first transcripts for gene 30 are directed from its own middle promoter, P(M)30.
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- Lidija Truncaite
- Laboratory of Gene Engineering, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Zajanckauskaite A, Malys N, Nivinskas R. A rare type of overlapping genes in bacteriophage T4: gene 30.3' is completely embedded within gene 30.3 by one position downstream. Gene 1997; 194:157-62. [PMID: 9272856 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00127-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have previously proposed the existence of one of the rarest types of overlapping genes in bacteriophage T4. We now present the results demonstrating that in a pair of T4 overlapping genes, 30.3 and 30.3', the smaller gene, 30.3', is entirely enclosed within the other by one position downstream. We have constructed plasmids in which different open reading frames from the gene 30.3 region were fused with the 5' end of the lacZ beta-galactosidase (betaGal) gene of Escherichia coli. The gene fusions have been obtained at the position of a HindIII site which was introduced just upstream from the stop codon of gene 30.3'. High betaGal activities have been estimated in the case of plasmids carrying 30.3::lacZ and 30.3'::lacZ fusions. The apparent molecular weights of the fusion proteins, the determined N-terminal sequences, as well as the detected betaGal activities, confirm the structure and arrangement of out-of-phase overlapping genes 30.3 and 30.3'.
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- A Zajanckauskaite
- Laboratory of Gene Engineering, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Wilkens K, Tiemann B, Bazan F, Rüger W. ADP-ribosylation and early transcription regulation by bacteriophage T4. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1997; 419:71-82. [PMID: 9193638 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8632-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Bacteriophage T4 codes at least for two ADP-ribosylating activities, the 76 kDa Alt and the 24 kDa Mod gene products. The main target for both enzymes is the host RNA polymerase. We cloned and sequenced the alt gene and overexpressed the corresponding enzyme. The recombinant protein shows ADP-ribosylating activities in vitro, as had been described earlier for the native enzyme isolated from phage heads. The native as well as the recombinant protein ADP-ribosylate the alpha-subunit of RNA polymerase, but also subunits beta, beta' and sigma 70 and perform an autoribosylation reaction. Taking advantage of the pKWIII test system, constructed to measure promoter strengths in vivo, it was found that ADP-ribosylation of RNA polymerase leads to an increase of transcription from T4 early promoters up to a factor of two. In an infected host cell this should cause an enhanced expression of T4 genes. Depending on whether RNA polymerase was ADP-ribosylated or not, it initiated transcription at T4 promoters with different sequence characteristics: unribosylated RNA polymerase recognizes the early T4 promoters by an extended -10 region, whereas the ribosylated enzyme selects for T4 early promoters with an extended T4-specific and highly conserved -35 region. These results may reflect how the virus, step by step imposes its genetic program on the host cell, and in part they give a rationale for the extension of the consensus sequence observed with these promoters. We also sequenced the genomic region of the T4 mod gene and found two open reading frames coding both for proteins of approximately 24 kDa. Up to now none of the reading frames could be cloned into E. coli in an active form, making it highly probable that the ADP-ribosylation pattern inflicted by gene product Mod on host RNA polymerase is deleterious to these bacteria. Comparisons of the amino acid sequences showed significant homologies among the two reading frames. Computer analysis reveals that both Mod sequences and also the sequence of the Alt protein exhibit a structural concordance with the catalytic domains of other prokaryotic ADP-mono-ribosyltransferases such as the Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A, the cholera labile enterotoxin, the diphteria toxin, the heat labile enterotoxin A of E. coli, and pertussis toxin. We present a detailed model for T4 transcription regulation.
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- K Wilkens
- Lehrstuhl für Biologie der Mikoorganismen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Kutter EM, d'Acci K, Drivdahl RH, Gleckler J, McKinney JC, Peterson S, Guttman BS. Identification of bacteriophage T4 prereplicative proteins on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gels. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:1647-54. [PMID: 8132459 PMCID: PMC205250 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.6.1647-1654.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Bacteriophage T4 makes a large number of prereplicative proteins, which are involved in directing the transition from host to phage functions, in producing the new T4 DNA, and in regulating transcriptional shifts. We have used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (nonequilibrium pH gradient electrophoresis gels in the first dimension and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gradient slab gels in the second) to identify a number of new prereplicative proteins. The products of many known genes are identified because they are missing in mutants with amber mutations of those genes, as analyzed by us and/or by previous workers. Some have also been identified by running purified proteins as markers on gels with labeled extracts from infected cells. Other proteins that are otherwise unknown are characterized as missing in infections with phage carrying certain large deletions and, in some cases, are correlated with sequence data.
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- E M Kutter
- Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
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The nucleotide sequence of the 2218-bp T4 DNA fragment encompassing gene 31 and five complete open reading frames (ORFs) is presented. We show here that one of these ORFs, ORF31.-1, located downstream from gene 31, is the rIII gene. The position of the gene was established by comparison with the sequences of the rIII gene mutants, r67, rES40 and rBB9. The ORF corresponding to the rIII gene encodes a basic protein of 82 amino acids with an M(r) of 9323 and a pI of 9.28. According to the Chou and Fasman [Adv. Enzymol. 47 (1978) 45-148] secondary structure prediction, the rIII protein has a relatively high helical content. In addition, discrepancies with the overlapping sequences determined by other authors in this region are indicated.
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- A Raudonikiene
- Institute of Biochemistry, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius
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Nivinskas R, Zajanckauskaite A, Raudonikiene A, Viteniene I. The nucleotide sequence between genes 31 and 30 of bacteriophage T4. DNA SEQUENCE : THE JOURNAL OF DNA SEQUENCING AND MAPPING 1992; 2:405-9. [PMID: 1446076 DOI: 10.3109/10425179209020820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of the 2994 bp T4 phage DNA fragment between genes 31 and 30 is presented. The fragment contains 7 complete open reading frames in the direction of early transcription and two early promoters, PE128.6 and PE128.2, which we show to cause difficulties in cloning DNA from this genomic region. Our data complete the nucleotide sequence and the organization of genes in the genomic region between T4 genes 31 and 30.
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- R Nivinskas
- Institute of Biochemistry, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius
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Hollingsworth HC, Nossal NG. Bacteriophage T4 encodes an RNase H which removes RNA primers made by the T4 DNA replication system in vitro. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)52376-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Tseng MJ, He P, Hilfinger JM, Greenberg GR. Bacteriophage T4 nrdA and nrdB genes, encoding ribonucleotide reductase, are expressed both separately and coordinately: characterization of the nrdB promoter. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:6323-32. [PMID: 2228963 PMCID: PMC526816 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.11.6323-6332.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We examined the expression of the bacteriophage T4 nrdA and nrdB genes, which encode the alpha 2 and beta 2 subunits, respectively, of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase, the first committed enzyme in the pathway of synthesis of the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. T4 nrdA, located 700 bp upstream from nrdB, has been shown previously to be transcribed by two major transcripts: a prereplicative, polycistronic message, TU, orginating at an immediate-early promoter, PE, that is 3.5 kb upstream from nrdA, and a postreplicative message commencing from a late promoter in its 5' flank. We have found a third promoter initiating a transcript at 159 nucleotides upstream from the reading frame of nrdB. PnrdB functions only in the presence of the T4 motA gene product, which is required for middle (time) promoters, and therefore the onset of nrdB transcription is delayed more than 2 min after infection. Because of the distance of nrdA from PE, the inception of nrdA transcription (delayed early) coincides closely with that of nrdB. An apparent termination site, tA, occurs about 80 bp downstream from nrdA. Some of the polycistronic mRNA reading through the site after 5 min contributes to nrdB transcription. nrdA and nrdB genes in an uninfected host have been reported to be transcribed only coordinately. In contrast, T4 nrdA and nrdB are initially transcribed separately onto the PE and PnrdB transcripts, respectively, but at about 5 min after infection are transcribed both coordinately and on separate transcripts. Evidence is presented that TU coordinately transcribes a deoxyribonucleotide operon in the order: frd, td, gene 'Y,' nrdA, nrdB. Since the beta 2 subunit is known to be formed after the alpha 2 subunit, the expression of the nrdB gene determines the onset of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate synthesis and thus of T4 DNA replication.
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- M J Tseng
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0606
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- A Raudonikiene
- Institute of Biochemistry, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, USSR
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Frazier MW, Mosig G. The bacteriophage T4 gene mrh whose product inhibits late T4 gene expression in an Escherichia coli rpoH (sigma 32) mutant. Gene 1990; 88:7-14. [PMID: 1692800 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90053-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In an Escherichia coli rpoH mutant (affecting sigma 32, heat-shock sigma factor) infected at high temperatures with wild-type T4 phage, late T4 transcription and consequently progeny production are dramatically impaired. This defect is due, in part, to insufficient activity of sigma 70 [Frazier and Mosig, J. Bacteriol. 170 (1988) 1384-1388], which is necessary to initiate early T4 transcription. Unexpectedly, however, we found that, in this rpoH host, late T4 transcription is also impaired when the temperature is raised from 30 to 42 degrees C late after infection, when T4 transcription is directed by the T4-encoded sigma factor, sigma gp55. Here, we show that a T4 gene that we call mrh (modulates rpoH), located at 14 kb on the T4 map, is responsible for the inhibition of late T4 transcription in the rpoH mutant host. T4 deletion mutants that lack the mrh gene can produce progeny in the rpoH host, but the Mrh protein, provided in trans from a plasmid-borne mrh gene, inhibits this growth. We have cloned and sequenced this T4 gene and synthesized the Mrh protein in a T7 RNA polymerase-dependent expression system. The Mr of the Mrh protein deduced from the nucleotide sequence is 13419. Gene mrh is cotranscribed with several other, yet unidentified genes, both from an early promoter downstream from the late soc gene (encoding the small outer capsid protein) and from the late soc promoter further upstream.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M W Frazier
- Department of Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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Hsu T, Karam JD. Transcriptional mapping of a DNA replication gene cluster in bacteriophage T4. Sites for initiation, termination, and mRNA processing. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)34122-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Liebig HD, Rüger W. Bacteriophage T4 early promoter regions. Consensus sequences of promoters and ribosome-binding sites. J Mol Biol 1989; 208:517-36. [PMID: 2810355 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90145-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Twenty-nine early promoters from bacteriophage T4 and 14 early promoters from bacteriophage T6 were isolated using vector M13HDL17, a promoterless derivative of M13mp8 carrying a linker sequence, the bacteriophage lambda-terminator tR1, and the lacZ' gene including part of its ribosome-binding site. The consensus sequence for the T4 promoters is: (sequence; see text). Ribosome-binding sites of T4 share the sequence: 5'...g.GGAga..aA.ATGAa.a...3' The consensus sequence of the T4 early promoter regions is significantly different in sequence and length from that of Escherichia coli promoters. Only one of the promoters detected with vector M13HDL17 resembled a typical bacterial promoter. The high information content raises the possibility that additional proteins recognize and contact nucleotides within the promoter region. All T4 early promoters also carry DNA sequences that could support DNA curving, a structural feature that might contribute to promoter recognition.
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- H D Liebig
- Arbeitsgruppe Molekulare Genetik Lehrstuhl Biologie der Mikroorganismen Ruhr-Universität Bochum, F.R.G
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Total sequence, flanking regions, and transcripts of bacteriophage T4 nrdA gene, coding for alpha chain of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37585-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Skorupski K, Tomaschewski J, Rüger W, Simon LD. A bacteriophage T4 gene which functions to inhibit Escherichia coli Lon protease. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:3016-24. [PMID: 2838455 PMCID: PMC211243 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.7.3016-3024.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A bacteriophage T4 gene which functions to inhibit Escherichia coli Lon protease has been identified. This pin (proteolysis inhibition) gene was selected for its ability to support plaque formation by a lambda Ots vector at 40 degrees C. Southern blot experiments indicated that this T4 gene is included within the 4.9-kilobase XbaI fragment which contains gene 49. Subcloning experiments showed that T4 gene 49.1 (designated pinA) is responsible for the ability of the Ots vector to form plaques at 40 degrees C. Deficiencies in Lon protease activity are the only changes known in E. coli that permit lambda Ots phage to form plaques efficiently at 40 degrees C. lon+ lysogens of the lambda Ots vector containing pinA permitted a lambda Ots phage to form plaques efficiently at 40 degrees C. Furthermore, these lysogens, upon comparison with similar lysogens lacking any T4 DNA, showed reduced levels of degradation of puromycyl polypeptides and of canavanyl proteins. The lon+ lysogens that contained pinA exhibited other phenotypic characteristics common to lon strains, such as filamentation and production of mucoid colonies. Levels of degradation of canavanyl proteins were essentially the same, however, in null lon lysogens which either contained or lacked pinA. We infer from these data that the T4 pinA gene functions to block Lon protease activity; pinA does not, however, appear to block the activity of proteases other than Lon that are involved in the degradation of abnormal proteins.
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- K Skorupski
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854
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Spicer EK, Rush J, Fung C, Reha-Krantz LJ, Karam JD, Konigsberg WH. Primary structure of T4 DNA polymerase. Evolutionary relatedness to eucaryotic and other procaryotic DNA polymerases. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68523-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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A plasmid expressing the cloned bacteriophage T4 gene 42 gave the same levels of complementation of gene 42 mutants in a polarity-suppressing rho mutant as in a rho+ host. A reading frame likely corresponding to gene 42 and putative promoter and terminator sequences were identified in the partial sequence of the cloned fragment.
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- C Thylén
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Lamm N, Wang Y, Mathews CK, Rüger W. Deoxycytidylate hydroxymethylase gene of bacteriophage T4. Nucleotide sequence determination and over-expression of the gene. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 172:553-63. [PMID: 3350013 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb13925.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We describe two approaches to cloning and over-expressing gene 42 of bacteriophage T4, which encodes the early enzyme deoxycytidylate hydroxymethylase. In Bochum a library of sonicated fragments of wild-type phage DNA cloned into M13mp18 was screened with clones known to contain parts of gene 42. Two overlapping fragments, each of which contained one end of the gene, were cleaved at a HincII site and joined, to give a fragment containing the entire gene. In Corvallis a 1.8-kb fragment of cytosine-substituted DNA, believed to contain the entire gene, was cloned into pUC18 and shown to express the enzyme at low level. The cloned fragment bore an amber mutation in gene 42. From the DNA sequence of gene 42, the cloned gene was converted to the wild-type allele by site-directed mutagenesis. Both gene-42-containing fragments were cloned into the pT7 expression system and found to be substantially overexpressed. dCMP hydroxymethylase purified from one of the over-expressing strains had a turnover number similar to that of the enzyme isolated earlier from infected cells. In addition, the N-terminal 20 amino acid residues matched precisely the sequence predicted from the gene sequence. The amino acid sequence of gp42 bears considerable homology with that of thymidylate synthase of either host or T4 origin. The gene 42 nucleotide sequences of bacteriophages T2 and T6 were determined and found to code for amino acid sequences nearly identical to that of T4 gp42.
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- N Lamm
- Lehrstuhl Biologie der Mikroorganismen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Piggot PJ, Curtis CA. Analysis of the regulation of gene expression during Bacillus subtilis sporulation by manipulation of the copy number of spo-lacZ fusions. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:1260-6. [PMID: 3029030 PMCID: PMC211928 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.3.1260-1266.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The control of expression of the Bacillus subtilis spoIIA locus was analyzed by titrating gene expression against gene copy number. A plasmid integrated into the B. subtilis chromosome and carrying the spoIIA control region fused to Escherichia coli lacZ was forced to form tandem repeats by the selection of clones that grow on high levels of chloramphenicol, the antibiotic against which the plasmid determines resistance. DNA from the clones was digested with BglII, which did not cut in the reiterated region, and the size of the fragment was determined by orthogonal-field-alternation gel electrophoresis to determine the copy number. Most clones had fairly homogeneous copy numbers. Gene expression was monitored by beta-galactosidase activity. The results indicate that spoIIA was under positive control by a moiety present at about five copies per chromosome. Spore formation was not affected by amplification, so spoIIA-lacZ reiteration did not sequester a molecule required elsewhere for sporulation.
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Hahn S, Kruse U, Rüger W. The region of phage T4 genes 34, 33 and 59: primary structures and organization on the genome. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:9311-27. [PMID: 3797242 PMCID: PMC311960 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.23.9311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The product of gene 33 is essential for the regulation of late transcription and gene product 59 is required in recombination, DNA repair and replication. The exact functions of both proteins are not known. Restriction fragments spanning the genomic area of genes 33 and 59 have been cloned into phage M13 and a 4.9 kb nucleotide sequence has been determined. Translation of the DNA sequence predicted that gp33 contains 112 amino acids with a mol.wt. of 12.816 kd while gp59 is composed of 217 amino acids adding up to a mol.wt. of 25.967 kd. The genomic area studied here also contains 3 open reading frames of genes not identified to date and it is thought to include the NH2-terminal part of g34. One of the open reading frames seems to code for the 10 kd protein, probably involved in the regulation of transcription of bacteriophage T4. This protein is predicted to consist of 89 amino acid residues with a mol.wt. of 10.376 kd. Gene 33 and the gene for the 10 kd protein were cloned separately on high expression vectors resulting in over-production of the two proteins.
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Valerie K, Stevens J, Lynch M, Henderson EE, de Riel JK. Nucleotide sequence and analysis of the 58.3 to 65.5-kb early region of bacteriophage T4. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:8637-54. [PMID: 3024113 PMCID: PMC311883 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.21.8637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The complete 7.2-kb nucleotide sequence from the 58.3 to 65.5-kb early region of bacteriophage T4 has been determined by Maxam and Gilbert sequencing. Computer analysis revealed at least 20 open reading frames (ORFs) within this sequence. All major ORFs are transcribed from the left strand, suggesting that they are expressed early during infection. Among the ORFs, we have identified the ipIII, ipII, denV and tk genes. The ORFs are very tightly spaced, even overlapping in some instances, and when ORF interspacing occurs, promoter-like sequences can be implicated. Several of the sequences preceding the ORFs, in particular those at ipIII, ipII, denV, and orf61.9, can potentially form stable stem-loop structures.
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The bacteriophage T4 thioredoxin gene was cloned and physically mapped to 47.6 kilobases from the reference BamHI site. The DNA sequence is consistent with that reported from earlier protein sequence studies. The gene was subcloned into a lambda pL overexpression vector which allowed for the isolation of approximately 5 mg/liter.
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McPheeters DS, Christensen A, Young ET, Stormo G, Gold L. Translational regulation of expression of the bacteriophage T4 lysozyme gene. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:5813-26. [PMID: 3526285 PMCID: PMC311593 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.14.5813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The bacteriophage T4 lysozyme gene is transcribed at early and late times after infection of E. coli, but the early mRNA is not translated. DNA sequence analysis and mapping of the 5' ends of the lysozyme transcripts produced at different times after T4 infection show that the early mRNA is initiated some distance upstream from the gene. The early mRNA is not translated because of a stable secondary structure which blocks the translational initiation site. The stable RNA structure has been demonstrated by nuclease protection in vivo. After DNA replication begins, two late promoters are activated; the late transcripts are initiated at sites such that the secondary structure can not form, and translation of the late messages occurs.
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Hinton DM, Nossal NG. Cloning of the bacteriophage T4 uvsX gene and purification and characterization of the T4 uvsX recombination protein. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)57266-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Kaufmann G, David M, Borasio GD, Teichmann A, Paz A, Amitsur M. Phage and host genetic determinants of the specific anticodon loop cleavages in bacteriophage T4-infected Escherichia coli CTr5X. J Mol Biol 1986; 188:15-22. [PMID: 3519981 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(86)90476-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Anticodon loop cleavages of two host tRNA species occur in bacteriophage T4-infected Escherichia coli CTr5X, a host strain restricting phage mutants deficient in polynucleotide kinase (pnk) or RNA ligase (rli). The cleavage products accumulate with the mutants but are further processed in wt infection through polynucleotide kinase and RNA ligase reactions. Inactivating mutations in stp suppress pnk- or rli- mutations in E. coli CTr5X and, as shown here, also abolish the anticodon nuclease, implicating the stp product with this activity. We show also that there exist other suppressing mutations of a pnk- (pseT2) mutation that appear not to affect the anticodon nuclease and are not in stp. It has been shown that a single locus in E. coli CTr5X, termed prr, determines the restriction of pnk- or rli- mutants. A transductant carrying prr featured upon infection the anticodon nuclease reaction products, suggesting that prr determines the specific manifestation of this activity. However, prr does not encode the tRNA species that are vulnerable to the anticodon nuclease.
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Tomaschewski J, Gram H, Crabb JW, Rüger W. T4-induced alpha- and beta-glucosyltransferase: cloning of the genes and a comparison of their products based on sequencing data. Nucleic Acids Res 1985; 13:7551-68. [PMID: 2999696 PMCID: PMC322070 DOI: 10.1093/nar/13.21.7551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Bacteriophage T4 alpha- and beta-glucosyltransferases link glucosyl units to the 5-HMdC residues of its DNA. The monoglucosyl group in alpha-linkage predominates over the one in beta linkage. Having recently reported on the nucleotide sequence of gene alpha gt (1) we now determined the nucleotide sequence of gene beta gt. The genes were each cloned on a high expression vector under the control of the lambda pL promoter. After thermo-induction the proteins were isolated and purified to homogeneity. To verify that the translational starting sites and the proposed reading frames are effective in vivo the sequence of the first 31 amino acid residues from gp alpha gt and the first 30 amino acid residues from gp beta gt were determined by Edman degradation. The primary structures of the two proteins seem to have only limited structural similarities. The results are discussed comparing secondary structure predictions and homologies with other proteins from the protein sequence database of the Protein Identification Resource.
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Bacteriophage T4 DNA replication protein 41. Cloning of the gene and purification of the expressed protein. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)38956-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Hinton DM, Nossal NG. Bacteriophage T4 DNA replication protein 61. Cloning of the gene and purification of the expressed protein. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)38957-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Relationship between bacteriophage T4 and T6 DNA topoisomerases. T6 39-protein subunit is equivalent to the combined T4 39- and 60-protein subunits. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39444-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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McClelland M. Selection against dam methylation sites in the genomes of DNA of enterobacteriophages. J Mol Evol 1985; 21:317-22. [PMID: 6443311 DOI: 10.1007/bf02115649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Postreplicative methylation of adenine in Escherichia coli DNA to produce G6m ATC (where 6mA is 6-methyladenine) has been associated with preferential daughter-strand repair and possibly regulation of replication. An analysis was undertaken to determine if these, or other, as yet unknown roles of GATC, have had an effect on the frequency of GATC in E. coli or bacteriophage DNA. It was first ascertained that the most accurate predictions of GATC frequency were based on the observed frequencies of GAT and ATC, which would be expected since these predictors take into account preferences in codon usage. The predicted frequencies were compared with observed GATC frequencies in all available bacterial and phage nucleotide sequences. The frequency of GATC was close to the predicted frequency in most genes of E. coli and its RNA bacteriophages and in the genes of nonenteric bacteria and their bacteriophages. However, for DNA enterobacteriophages the observed frequency of GATC was generally significantly lower than predicted when assessed by the chi square test. No elevation in the rate of mutation of 6mA in GATC relative to other bases was found when pairs of DNA sequences from closely related phages or pairs of homologous genes from enterobacteria were compared, nor was any preferred pathway for mutation of 6mA evident in the E. coli DNA bacteriophages. This situation contrasts with that of 5-methylcytosine, which is hypermutable, with a preferred pathway to thymine. Thus, the low level of GATC in enterobacteriophages is probably due not to 6mA hypermutability, but no selection against GATC in order to bypass a GATC-mediated host function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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