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Han D, Norris SM, Xu Z. Construction and transformation of a Thermotoga-E. coli shuttle vector. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:2. [PMID: 22225774 PMCID: PMC3398313 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 01/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Thermotoga spp. are attractive candidates for producing biohydrogen, green chemicals, and thermostable enzymes. They may also serve as model systems for understanding life sustainability under hyperthermophilic conditions. A lack of genetic tools has hampered the investigation and application of these organisms. This study aims to develop a genetic transfer system for Thermotoga spp. Results Methods for preparing and handling Thermotoga solid cultures under aerobic conditions were optimized. A plating efficiency of ~50% was achieved when the bacterial cells were embedded in 0.3% Gelrite. A Thermotoga-E. coli shuttle vector pDH10 was constructed using pRQ7, a cryptic mini-plasmid found in T. sp. RQ7. Plasmid pDH10 was introduced to T. maritima and T. sp. RQ7 by electroporation and liposome-mediated transformation. Transformants were isolated, and the transformed kanamycin resistance gene (kan) was detected from the plasmid DNA extracts of the recombinant strains by PCR and was confirmed by restriction digestions. The transformed DNA was stably maintained in both Thermotoga and E. coli even without the selective pressure. Conclusions Thermotoga are transformable by multiple means. Recombinant Thermotoga strains have been isolated for the first time. A heterologous kan gene is functionally expressed and stably maintained in Thermotoga.
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- Dongmei Han
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
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Jeong SM. Transcriptional features of the chromosomal region located between thesigH andrplA genes ofBacillus subtilis. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02931903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Heinz G Floss
- Department of Chemistry, Box 351700, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA
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Sooter LJ, Riedel T, Davidson EA, Levy M, Cox JC, Ellington AD. Toward automated nucleic acid enzyme selection. Biol Chem 2001; 382:1327-34. [PMID: 11688716 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2001.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Methods for automation of nucleic acid selections are being developed. The selection of aptamers has been successfully automated using a Biomek 2000 workstation. Several binding species with nanomolar affinities were isolated from diverse populations. Automation of a deoxyribozyme ligase selection is in progress. The process requires eleven times more robotic manipulations than an aptamer selection. The random sequence pool contained a 5' iodine residue and the ligation substrate contained a 3' phosphorothioate. Initially, a manual deoxyribozyme ligase selection was performed. Thirteen rounds of selection yielded ligators with a 400-fold increase in activity over the initial pool. Several difficulties were encountered during the automation of DNA catalyst selection, including effectively washing bead-bound DNA, pipetting 50% glycerol solutions, purifying single strand DNA, and monitoring the progress of the selection as it is performed. Nonetheless, automated selection experiments for deoxyribozyme ligases were carried out starting from either a naive pool or round eight of the manually selected pool. In both instances, the first round of selection revealed an increase in ligase activity. However, this activity was lost in subsequent rounds. A possible cause could be mispriming during the unmonitored PCR reactions. Potential solutions include pool redesign, fewer PCR cycles, and integration of a fluorescence microtiter plate reader to allow robotic 'observation' of the selections as they progress.
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- L J Sooter
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
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- C Vieille
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1319, USA
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Wahl MC, Huber R, Marinkoviç S, Weyher-Stingl E, Ehlert S. Structural investigations of the highly flexible recombinant ribosomal protein L12 from Thermotoga maritima. Biol Chem 2000; 381:221-9. [PMID: 10782993 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2000.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ribosomal protein L7/L12, the only multicopy component of the ribosome, is involved in translation factor binding and in the ribosomal GTPase center. The gene for L7/L12 from Thermotoga maritima was cloned and the protein expressed at high levels in Escherichia coli. Purification of L7/L12 was achieved under non-denaturing conditions via heat treatment and two chromatographic steps. Circular dichroism melting profiles were monitored at 222 nm, showing the melting temperature of the protein at pH 7.5 around 110 degrees C, compared to approximately 60 degrees C for the highly homologous Escherichia coli protein. The unfolding was reversible and renaturation closely followed the path of the thermal melting. Dynamic light scattering, gel filtration chromatography, and crosslinking experiments suggested that under physiological buffer conditions Thermotoga maritima L7/L12 exists as a tetramer. The protein was crystallized under two conditions, yielding an orthorhombic (C222(1)) and a cubic (12(1)3) space group with an estimated two and three to four L7/L12 molecules per asymmetric unit, respectively. The crystals contained the full-length protein, and cryogenic buffers were developed which improved the mosaic spreads and the resolution limits. For the structure solution isoleucine was mutated to methionine at two separate positions, the mutant forms expressed as selenomethionine variants and crystallized.
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- M C Wahl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Abteilung Strukturforschung, Martinsried, Germany
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Availability of complete bacterial genomes opens the way to the comparative approach to the recognition of transcription regulatory sites. Assumption of regulon conservation in conjunction with profile analysis provides two lines of independent evidence making it possible to make highly specific predictions. Recently this approach was used to analyze several regulons in eubacteria and archaebacteria. The present review covers recent advances in the comparative analysis of transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes and phylogenetic fingerprinting techniques in eukaryotes, and describes the emerging patterns of the evolution of regulatory systems.
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- M S Gelfand
- State Scientific Center for Biotechnology 'NIIGenetika', Moscow, Russia.
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Welker C, Böhm G, Schurig H, Jaenicke R. Cloning, overexpression, purification, and physicochemical characterization of a cold shock protein homolog from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. Protein Sci 1999; 8:394-403. [PMID: 10048332 PMCID: PMC2144262 DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.2.394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Thermotoga maritima (Tm) expresses a 7 kDa monomeric protein whose 18 N-terminal amino acids show 81% identity to N-terminal sequences of cold shock proteins (Csps) from Bacillus caldolyticus and Bacillus stearothermophilus. There were only trace amounts of the protein in Thermotoga cells grown at 80 degrees C. Therefore, to perform physicochemical experiments, the gene was cloned in Escherichia coli. A DNA probe was produced by PCR from genomic Tm DNA with degenerated primers developed from the known N-terminus of TmCsp and the known C-terminus of CspB from Bacillus subtilis. Southern blot analysis of genomic Tm DNA allowed to produce a partial gene library, which was used as a template for PCRs with gene- and vector-specific primers to identify the complete DNA sequence. As reported for other csp genes, the 5' untranslated region of the mRNA was anomalously long; it contained the putative Shine-Dalgarno sequence. The coding part of the gene contained 198 bp, i.e., 66 amino acids. The sequence showed 61% identity to CspB from B. caldolyticus and high similarity to all other known Csps. Computer-based homology modeling allowed the conclusion that TmCsp represents a beta-barrel similar to CspB from B. subtilis and CspA from E. coli. As indicated by spectroscopic analysis, analytical gel permeation chromatography, and mass spectrometry, overexpression of the recombinant protein yielded authentic TmCsp with a molecular weight of 7,474 Da. This was in agreement with the results of analytical ultracentrifugation confirming the monomeric state of the protein. The temperature-induced equilibrium transition at 87 degrees C exceeds the maximum growth temperature of Tm and represents the maximal Tm-value reported for Csps so far.
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- C Welker
- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Germany
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Wächtershäuser G. Towards a Reconstruction of Ancestral Genomes by Gene Cluster Alignment. Syst Appl Microbiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(98)80058-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Bouthier de la Tour C, Portemer C, Kaltoum H, Duguet M. Reverse gyrase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: properties and gene structure. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:274-81. [PMID: 9440516 PMCID: PMC106882 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.274-281.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8 possesses a reverse gyrase whose enzymatic properties are very similar to those of archaeal reverse gyrases. It catalyzes the positive supercoiling of the DNA in an Mg2+- and ATP-dependent process. Its optimal temperature of activity is around 90 degrees C, and it is highly thermostable. We have cloned and DNA sequenced the corresponding gene (T. maritima topR). This is the first report describing the analysis of a gene encoding a reverse gyrase in bacteria. The T. maritima topR gene codes for a protein of 1,104 amino acids with a deduced molecular weight of 128,259, a value in agreement with that estimated from the denaturing gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme. Like its archaeal homologs, the T. maritima reverse gyrase exhibits helicase and topoisomerase domains, and its sequence matches very well the consensus sequence for six reverse gyrases now available. Phylogenetic analysis shows that all reverse gyrases, including the T. maritima enzyme, form a very homogeneous group, distinct from the type I 5' topoisomerases of the TopA subfamily, for which we have previously isolated a representative gene in T. maritima (topA). The coexistence of these two distinct genes, coding for a reverse gyrase and an omega-like topoisomerase, respectively, together with the recent description of a gyrase in T. maritima (O. Guipaud, E. Marguet, K. M. Noll, C. Bouthier de la Tour, and P. Forterre, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:10606-10611, 1977) addresses the question of the control of the supercoiling in this organism.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/genetics
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/metabolism
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Superhelical/chemistry
- DNA, Superhelical/genetics
- Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods/classification
- Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods/enzymology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- C Bouthier de la Tour
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
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Geiger M, Gröbner P, Piendl W. Nucleotide sequence of a gene cluster encoding NusG and the L11-L1-L10-L12 ribosomal proteins from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1340:170-7. [PMID: 9252104 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(97)00073-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of a gene cluster encoding the NusG and the L 11-L1-L10-L12 ribosomal proteins from the thermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus has been determined. The genes are arranged in the same order as the equivalent genes in the rif region of Escherichia coli. The ribosomal proteins exhibit between 66% (L10) and 80% (L12) identity with their respective equivalents from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. The short distance (5 nucleotides) between the nusG stop codon and the L11 start codon suggests that nusG and the genes for the ribosomal proteins are transcribed as a single unit.
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- M Geiger
- Institut für Medizinische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
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Syvänen AC, Amiri H, Jamal A, Andersson SG, Kurland CG. A chimeric disposition of the elongation factor genes in Rickettsia prowazekii. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:6192-9. [PMID: 8892818 PMCID: PMC178489 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6192-6199.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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An exceptional disposition of the elongation factor genes is observed in Rickettsia prowazekii, in which there is only one tuf gene, which is distant from the lone fus gene. In contrast, the closely related bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens has the normal bacterial arrangement of two tuf genes, of which one is tightly linked to the fus gene. Analysis of the flanking sequences of the single tuf gene in R. prowazekii shows that it is preceded by two of the four tRNA genes located in the 5' region of the Escherichia coli tufB gene and that it is followed by rpsJ as well as associated ribosomal protein genes, which in E. coli are located downstream of the tufA gene. The fus gene is located within the str operon and is followed by one tRNA gene as well as by the genes secE and nusG, which are located in the 3' region of tufB in E. coli. This atypical disposition of genes suggests that intrachromosomal recombination between duplicated tuf genes has contributed to the evolution of the unique genomic architecture of R. prowazekii.
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- A C Syvänen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Liao D, Lurz R, Dobrinski B, Dennis PP. A NusG-like protein from Thermotoga maritima binds to DNA and RNA. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:4089-98. [PMID: 8763936 PMCID: PMC178165 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4089-4098.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The NusG-like protein from Thermotoga maritima was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Purified T. maritima NusG exhibited a generalized, non-sequence-specific and highly cooperative DNA and RNA binding activity. The complexes formed between nucleic acid and T. maritima NusG were unable to penetrate a polyacrylamide or agarose gel. The affinity of the protein for DNA was highest in buffers containing about 50 mM salt. The DNA-protein complexes could not be stained with ethidium bromide, were resistant to digestion by TaqI endonuclease, were able to be transcribed in vitro by T. maritima RNA polymerase, and contained a minimum of about 30 to 40 monomers of NusG per kb of duplex DNA. The protein had comparable affinities for duplex DNA and RNA but a lower affinity for single-stranded DNA. Electron microscopy showed that the DNA in the complex is condensed within a large structure that resembles the complex between DNA and histone-like protein Hcl from Chlamydia trachomatis. Neither the wild-type T. maritima nusG gene nor a deletion derivative more similar to the E. coli gene was able to substitute for the essential E. coli nusG. Two variants of the NusG protein were constructed, expressed, and purified: one contains only the entire 171-amino-acid insertion that is unique to T. maritima NusG, and the other has only the sequences present in NusG homologs from E. coli and other eubacteria. Both variants exhibited similar DNA and RNA binding behavior, although their apparent affinities were 5- to 10-fold lower than that of the wild-type T. maritima NusG.
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- D Liao
- Program in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Bouthier de la Tour C, Kaltoum H, Portemer C, Confalonieri F, Huber R, Duguet M. Cloning and sequencing of the gene coding for topoisomerase I from the extremely thermophilic eubacterium, Thermotoga maritima. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1264:279-83. [PMID: 8547314 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(96)83596-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A 2767 bp fragment containing a gene coding for a topoisomerase I from the extremely thermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima (Tm TopA) has been cloned and sequenced. The protein is composed of 633 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 72,695 Da. It shares significant similarity with the topoisomerases I of mesophilic eubacteria. The highest score is obtained with Bacillus subtilis (44% identity); in particular, T. maritima and B. subtilis possess an insertion of 7-8 amino acids in the vicinity of the active site, that is absent in topoisomerases of other organisms. A specific feature of T. maritima topoisomerase I is its low cysteine content compared to its mesophilic homologs. It contains 5 cysteine residues, of which 4 could constitute a zinc finger motif. Finally, analysis of the regions flanking the gene reveals that Tm TopA is surrounded by two other ORFs, suggesting the occurrence of a polycistronic transcriptional unit.
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- C Bouthier de la Tour
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, URA 1354, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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Van de Casteele M, Legrain C, Wilquet V, Glansdorff N. The dihydrofolate reductase-encoding gene dyrA of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. Gene X 1995; 158:101-5. [PMID: 7789791 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00090-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The structural gene (dyrA) encoding dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) of Thermotoga maritima has been cloned, sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli. The dyrA gene, located immediately upstream from the gene encoding aspartate carbamoyltransferase (pyrB), encodes a highly thermostable enzyme with a distinct thermophilic activity profile. Important structural features are conserved among all bacterial DHFR, yet the DHFR of T. maritima appears unique in a number of insertions and deletions, some of which are reminiscent of eukaryotic DHFR.
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- M Van de Casteele
- Laboratorium voor Erfelijkheidsleer en Microbiologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Moll R, Schmidtke S, Schäfer G. Nucleotide sequence of a gene cluster encoding ribosomal proteins in the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1261:315-8. [PMID: 7711082 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(95)00024-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A 1.6 kb genomic DNA fragment derived from the extremely thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (DSM 639) comprises four open reading frames. The sequence contains three genes encoding crenarchaeal ribosomal proteins with apparent molecular masses of 6.3 kDa, 15.2 kDa and 9.9 kDa, which all represent strongly basic properties. These were identified by sequence comparison as RL46, RL31 and RL33. One open reading frame encodes a new polypeptide (22.1 kDa, pI = 7.3) with no homology to known proteins. The latter is transcribed as a common mRNA with RL46 and RL31. This gene cluster immediately precedes another cluster including genes encoding the putative SRP receptor alpha subunit as well as the putative secEp.
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- R Moll
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany
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Sanangelantoni AM, Bocchetta M, Cammarano P, Tiboni O. Phylogenetic depth of S10 and spc operons: cloning and sequencing of a ribosomal protein gene cluster from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:7703-10. [PMID: 8002596 PMCID: PMC197229 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.24.7703-7710.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A segment of Thermotoga maritima DNA spanning 6,613 bp downstream from the gene tuf for elongation factor Tu was sequenced by use of a chromosome walking strategy. The sequenced region comprised a string of 14 tightly linked open reading frames (ORFs) starting 50 bp downstream from tuf. The first 11 ORFs were identified as homologs of ribosomal protein genes rps10, rpl3, rpl4, rpl23, rpl2, rps19, rpl22, rps3, rpl16, rpl29, and rps17 (which in Escherichia coli constitute the S10 operon, in that order); the last three ORFs were homologous to genes rpl14, rpl24, and rpl5 (which in E. coli constitute the three promoter-proximal genes of the spectinomycin operon). The 14-gene string was preceded by putative -35 and -10 promoter sequences situated 5' to gene rps10, within the 50-bp spacing between genes tuf and rps10; the same region exhibited a potential transcription termination signal for the upstream gene cluster (having tuf as the last gene) but displayed also the potential for formation of a hairpin loop hindering the terminator; this suggests that transcription of rps10 and downstream genes may start farther upstream. The similar organization of the sequenced rp genes in the deepest-branching bacterial phyla (T. maritima) and among Archaea has been interpreted as indicating that the S10-spc gene arrangement existed in the (last) common ancestor. The phylogenetic depth of the Thermotoga lineage was probed by use of r proteins as marker molecules: in all except one case (S3), Proteobacteria or the gram-positive bacteria, and not the genus Thermotoga, were the deepest-branching lineage; in only two cases, however, was the inferred branching order substantiated by bootstrap analysis.
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- A M Sanangelantoni
- Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia A. Buzzati Traverso, Università di Pavia, Italy
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Severinov K, Soushko M, Goldfarb A, Nikiforov V. RifR mutations in the beginning of the Escherichia coli rpoB gene. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 244:120-6. [PMID: 8052230 DOI: 10.1007/bf00283512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In Escherichia coli, mutations conferring rifampicin (Rif) resistance map to the rpoB gene, which encodes the 1342-amino acid beta subunit of RNA polymerase. Almost all sequenced RifR mutations occur within the Rif region, encompassing rpoB codons 500-575. A strong RifR mutation lying outside the Rif region, which changed Val146 to Phe was previously reported, but was not recovered in subsequent studies. Here, we used site-directed mutagenesis followed by selection on Rif to search for RifR mutations in the evolutionarily conserved segment of rpoB around codon 146. Strong RifR mutations were obtained when Val146 was mutated, and several weak RifR mutations were also isolated near position 146. The results define a new, N-terminal cluster of RifR mutations, in addition to the classical central Rif region.
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- K Severinov
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Bachrach G, Bar-Nir D, Banai M, Bercovier H. Identification and nucleotide sequence of Brucella melitensis L7/L12 ribosomal protein. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1994; 120:237-40. [PMID: 8076798 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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DNA sequencing of the gene encoding a Brucella melitensis 12-kDa protein revealed that this protein was the ribosomal protein L7/L12. The B. melitensis L7/L12 DNA sequence was identical to that of the corresponding B. abortus gene, showing the near identity of these two organisms. When comparing the sequence of this protein to that of other organisms some domains were highly conserved, especially the C-terminus, which contrasted with the lack of conservation of the sequences at the N-terminus. The finding that the ribosomal protein L7/L12 of Brucella is an immunodominant antigen provides a new rationale to explain the activity of ribosomal vaccines.
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- G Bachrach
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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A non-essential domain of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase required for the action of the termination factor Alc. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36782-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Harriott OT, Huber R, Stetter KO, Betts PW, Noll KM. A cryptic miniplasmid from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga sp. strain RQ7. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:2759-62. [PMID: 8169230 PMCID: PMC205421 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.9.2759-2762.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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An 846-bp cryptic plasmid has been discovered in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga sp. strain RQ7. This is the first plasmid described for an organism from this ancient bacterial lineage and the smallest plasmid described to date for any organism. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a single open reading frame possibly encoding a 25,460-Da basic protein (212 amino acids). Upstream of the putative promoter lie five 11-bp direct repeats, each separated by 1 to 4 bp, while between the promoter and the open reading frame lies an 11-bp palindromic sequence. Its mode of replication is unknown, but its sequence bears similarities to those of plasmids which replicate by a rolling-circle mechanism.
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- O T Harriott
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269
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Liao D, Dennis PP. Molecular phylogenies based on ribosomal protein L11, L1, L10, and L12 sequences. J Mol Evol 1994; 38:405-19. [PMID: 8007008 DOI: 10.1007/bf00163157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Available sequences that correspond to the E. coli ribosomal proteins L11, L1, L10, and L12 from eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes have been aligned. The alignments were analyzed qualitatively for shared structural features and for conservation of deletions or insertions. The alignments were further subjected to quantitative phylogenetic analysis, and the amino acid identity between selected pairs of sequences was calculated. In general, eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes each form coherent and well-resolved nonoverlapping phylogenetic domains. The degree of diversity of the four proteins between the three groups is not uniform. For L11, the eubacterial and archaebacterial proteins are very similar whereas the eukaryotic L11 is clearly less similar. In contrast, in the case of the L12 proteins and to a lesser extent the L10 proteins, the archaebacterial and eukaryotic proteins are similar whereas the eubacterial proteins are different. The eukaryotic L1 equivalent protein has yet to be identified. If the root of the universal tree is near or within the eubacterial domain, our ribosomal protein-based phylogenies indicate that archaebacteria are monophyletic. The eukaryotic lineage appears to originate either near or within the archaebacterial domain.
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- D Liao
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Sharp PM. Identification of genes encoding ribosomal protein L33 from Bacillus licheniformis, Thermus thermophilus and Thermotoga maritima. Gene X 1994; 139:135-6. [PMID: 8112583 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90537-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Three previously unrecognized genes from Bacillus licheniformis, Thermus thermophilus and Thermotoga maritima, encoding ribosomal protein L33, have been identified and designated as rpmG genes. Their sequence and context have been compared with the three known rpmG genes from Escherichia coli, Lactococcus lactis and B. subtilis. Previously unrecognized open reading frames homologous to secE are located immediately downstream from rpmG in B. licheniformis, T. thermophilus and Ta. maritima: beyond that lie previously identified nusG and rplK genes. Thus, the genes located downstream from rpmG show similar organization across three of the four bacterial phyla represented.
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- P M Sharp
- Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Hanner M, Mayer C, Köhrer C, Golderer G, Gröbner P, Piendl W. Autogenous translational regulation of the ribosomal MvaL1 operon in the archaebacterium Methanococcus vannielii. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:409-18. [PMID: 8288536 PMCID: PMC205064 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.2.409-418.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The mechanisms for regulation of ribosomal gene expression have been characterized in eukaryotes and eubacteria, but not yet in archaebacteria. We have studied the regulation of the synthesis of ribosomal proteins MvaL1, MvaL10, and MvaL12, encoded by the MvaL1 operon of Methanococcus vannielii, a methanogenic archaebacterium. MvaL1, the homolog of the regulatory protein L1 encoded by the L11 operon of Escherichia coli, was shown to be an autoregulator of the MvaL1 operon. As in E. coli, regulation takes place at the level of translation. The target site for repression by MvaL1 was localized by site-directed mutagenesis to a region within the coding sequence of the MvaL1 gene commencing about 30 bases downstream of the ATG initiation codon. The MvaL1 binding site on the mRNA exhibits similarity in both primary sequence and secondary structure to the L1 regulatory target site of E. coli and to the putative binding site for MvaL1 on the 23S rRNA. In contrast to other regulatory systems, the putative MvaL1 binding site is located in a sequence of the mRNA which is not in direct contact with the ribosome as part of the initiation complex. Furthermore, the untranslated leader sequence is not involved in the regulation. Therefore, we suggest that a novel mechanism of translational feedback regulation exists in M. vannielii.
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- M Hanner
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Heinrich T, Erdmann VA, Hartmann RK. Sequence of the gene encoding ribosomal protein L11 from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Gene 1993; 136:373-4. [PMID: 8294036 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90500-3] [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]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding ribosomal protein L11 from the extreme thermophilic eubacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8, was determined. L11 amino acid (aa) sequences from mesophilic and halophilic organisms, as well as from another thermophiles, were compared with the T. thermophilus L11 aa sequence.
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- T Heinrich
- Institut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Schmidt J, Bubunenko M, Subramanian AR. A novel operon organization involving the genes for chorismate synthase (aromatic biosynthesis pathway) and ribosomal GTPase center proteins (L11, L1, L10, L12: rplKAJL) in cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74268-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Klenk HP, Palm P, Zillig W. DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases as Phylogenetic Marker Molecules. Syst Appl Microbiol 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80335-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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