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Iannelli F, Santagati M, Santoro F, Oggioni MR, Stefani S, Pozzi G. Nucleotide sequence of conjugative prophage Φ1207.3 (formerly Tn1207.3) carrying the mef(A)/msr(D) genes for efflux resistance to macrolides in Streptococcus pyogenes. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:687. [PMID: 25538698 PMCID: PMC4260502 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Genetic element Φ1207.3 (formerly Tn1207.3) is a prophage of Streptococcus pyogenes which carries the macrolide efflux resistance genes mef(A)/msr(D) and is capable of conjugal transfer among streptococci. Complete nucleotide sequence showed that Φ1207.3 is 52,491 bp in length and contained 58 open reading frames (ORFs). A manual homology-based annotation with functional prediction of the hypothetical gene product was possible only for 34 out of 58 ORFs. Φ1207.3 codes for two different C-methylation systems, several phage structural genes, a lysis cassette (composed by a holin and a peptidoglycan hydrolase), and three site-specific resolvases of the serine recombinase family.
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- Francesco Iannelli
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena Siena, Italy
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- Section of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena Siena, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena Siena, Italy
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- Section of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena Siena, Italy
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Summer EJ, Gonzalez CF, Bomer M, Carlile T, Embry A, Kucherka AM, Lee J, Mebane L, Morrison WC, Mark L, King MD, LiPuma JJ, Vidaver AK, Young R. Divergence and mosaicism among virulent soil phages of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:255-68. [PMID: 16352842 PMCID: PMC1317576 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.1.255-268.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have determined the genomic sequences of four virulent myophages, Bcep1, Bcep43, BcepB1A, and Bcep781, whose hosts are soil isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Despite temporal and spatial separations between initial isolations, three of the phages (Bcep1, Bcep43, and Bcep781, designated the Bcep781 group) exhibit 87% to 99% sequence identity to one another and most coding region differences are due to synonymous nucleotide substitutions, a hallmark of neutral genetic drift. Phage BcepB1A has a very different genome organization but is clearly a mosaic with respect to many of the genes of the Bcep781 group, as is a defective prophage element in Photorhabdus luminescens. Functions were assigned to 27 out of 71 predicted genes of Bcep1 despite extreme sequence divergence. Using a lambda repressor fusion technique, 10 Bcep781-encoded proteins were identified for their ability to support homotypic interactions. While head and tail morphogenesis genes have retained canonical gene order despite extreme sequence divergence, genes involved in DNA metabolism and host lysis are not organized as in other phages. This unusual genome arrangement may contribute to the ability of the Bcep781-like phages to maintain a unified genomic type. However, the Bcep781 group phages can also engage in lateral gene transfer events with otherwise unrelated phages, a process that contributes to the broader-scale genomic mosaicism prevalent among the tailed phages.
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- Elizabeth J Summer
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA
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Villechanoux S, Garnier M, Laigret F, Renaudin J, Bové JM. The genome of the non-cultured, bacterial-like organism associated with citrus greening disease contains the nusG-rplKAJL-rpoBC gene cluster and the gene for a bacteriophage type DNA polymerase. Curr Microbiol 1993; 26:161-6. [PMID: 7763375 DOI: 10.1007/bf01577372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have recently cloned three DNA fragments (In-2.6, In-1.0, and In-0.6) of the non-cultured, bacterial-like organism (BLO) associated with citrus greening disease. Nucleotide sequence determination has shown that fragment In-2.6 is part of the rplKAJL-rpoBC gene cluster, a well-known operon in eubacteria. The DNA fragment upstream of and partially overlapping with In-2.6 could be isolated and was shown to be the nusG gene. In Escherichia coli, nusG is also immediately upstream of rplKAJL-rpoBC. Fragment In-1.0 carries the gene for a bacteriophage type DNA polymerase. Fragment In-0.6 could not be identified. When In-2.6 was used, at high stringency, as a probe to detect greening BLO strains in infected plants, hybridization was obtained with all Asian strains tested, but not with the African strain examined. At lower stringencies, In-2.6 was able to detect also the African strain. The implications of these results in the taxonomical position of the greening BLO are discussed.
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- S Villechanoux
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Agronomic Research, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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Braithwaite DK, Ito J. Compilation, alignment, and phylogenetic relationships of DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:787-802. [PMID: 8451181 PMCID: PMC309208 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.4.787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 460] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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- D K Braithwaite
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724
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Pisani FM, De Martino C, Rossi M. A DNA polymerase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus shows sequence similarity to family B DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:2711-6. [PMID: 1614858 PMCID: PMC336912 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.11.2711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The gene encoding the thermostable DNA polymerase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (strain MT 4) was isolated by means of two degenerate oligonucleotide probes. They were designed on the basis of partial enzyme amino acid sequences. The gene was found to encode a 882 residues polypeptide chain with a deduced molecular mass of about 100 kDa. By comparison with other archaeal genes, putative regulatory sites were identified in the gene-flanking regions. By computer-assisted homology search, several sequence similarities among S. solfataricus and family B DNA polymerases were found. In addition, conserved sequence motifs, implicated in the 3'-5' exonuclease activity of E. coli DNA polymerase I and shared by various family A and B DNA polymerases, were also identified. This result suggests that the proofreading domains of all these enzymes are evolutionarily related.
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- F M Pisani
- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine ed Enzimologia, Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Naples, Italy
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Grabherr R, Strasser P, Van Etten JL. The DNA polymerase gene from chlorella viruses PBCV-1 and NY-2A contains an intron with nuclear splicing sequences. Virology 1992; 188:721-31. [PMID: 1585643 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(92)90527-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The deduced amino acid sequences of two eukaryotic chlorella virus (PBCV-1 and NY-2A) DNA polymerases are 90% identical and contain amino acid motifs typical of alpha-like (Family B) DNA polymerases. The open reading frames of both PBCV-1 and NY-2A DNA polymerases are interrupted by an identically located, small (101 or 86 nucleotides, respectively) intron that resembles eukaryotic nuclear-spliced messenger RNA introns. This discovery suggests that chlorella virus replication has a nuclear phase.
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- R Grabherr
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0722
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Finck-Barbançon V, Prevost G, Mazurier I, Piemont Y. A structurally novel staphylococcal protein A from the V8 strain. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05175.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Affiliation(s)
- J Ito
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724
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Ito J, Braithwaite DK. Yeast mitochondrial DNA polymerase is related to the family A DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:6716. [PMID: 2251145 PMCID: PMC332660 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.22.6716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- J Ito
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724
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Home WA, Tajbakhsh S, Seligy VL. Molecular cloning and characterization of a late Tipula iridescent virus gene. Gene 1990; 94:243-8. [PMID: 1701750 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90394-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Virions of the cytoplasmic, icosahedral insect virus, Tipula iridescent virus (TIV), contain two major DNA components (L, greater than 176 kb; and S1, 10.8 kb) and 25-30 proteins. We characterized a gene (L96) whose 3.6-kb transcript is expressed late in the course of TIV infection of cultured of Estigmene acrea (salt marsh caterpillar, permissive host) and Aedes albopictus (mosquito, semipermissive host) cells. The L96 gene has an open reading frame of 867 codons, predicting a protein of 96 kDa with a pI of 10.9. The C terminus of the L96 protein is rich in hydrophobic amino acids and contains a small region of homology spanning a proteolytic cleavage site within two mammalian viral (GAG) polyproteins. Additional identity with H5 lysine-rich histones in the same region and with other DNA-binding proteins suggests that this protein may be involved in TIV structure. The lengths of the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of the L96 transcript were determined to be 21 nucleotides (nt) and 700 nt, respectively. Comparison of the TIV L96- and capsid-encoding genes, both of which are expressed late in infection, revealed that their 5' and 3' regions are generally rich in A and T residues, and that their 3' ends encode at least one eukaryotic polyadenylation signal (AATAAA).
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- W A Home
- Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont
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Jung GH, Leavitt MC, Schultz M, Ito J. Site-specific mutagenesis of PRD1 DNA polymerase: mutations in highly conserved regions of the family B DNA polymerase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 170:1294-300. [PMID: 2202298 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90534-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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]
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The PRD1 DNA polymerase is a small multifunctional enzyme containing three major conserved amino acid sequences shared by family B DNA polymerases. Thus, the PRD1 DNA polymerase provides an useful model system with which to study structure-function relationships of DNA polymerase molecules. In order to investigate the functional and structural roles of the highly conserved amino acid sequences, we have introduced mutations into each of the 3 conserved regions of the PRD1 DNA polymerase. Genetic complementation study as well as DNA polymerase assay indicated that each mutation inactivated DNA polymerase catalytic activity, but not the 3' to 5' exonuclease activity.
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- G H Jung
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson
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Iwabe N, Kuma K, Miyata T. Sequence similarity of bacteriophage SP02 DNA polymerase with E. coli DNA polymerase I. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:8866. [PMID: 2685750 PMCID: PMC335059 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.21.8866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- N Iwabe
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Bernad A, Blanco L, Lázaro JM, Martín G, Salas M. A conserved 3'----5' exonuclease active site in prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA polymerases. Cell 1989; 59:219-28. [PMID: 2790959 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90883-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The 3'----5' exonuclease active site of E. coli DNA polymerase I is predicted to be conserved for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA polymerases based on amino acid sequence homology. Three amino acid regions containing the critical residues in the E. coli DNA polymerase I involved in metal binding, single-stranded DNA binding, and catalysis of the exonuclease reaction are located in the amino-terminal half and in the same linear arrangement in several prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA polymerases. Site-directed mutagenesis at the predicted exonuclease active site of the phi 29 DNA polymerase, a model enzyme for prokaryotic and eukaryotic alpha-like DNA polymerases, specifically inactivated the 3'----5' exonuclease activity of the enzyme. These results reflect a high evolutionary conservation of this catalytic domain. Based on structural and functional data, a modular organization of enzymatic activities in prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA polymerases is also proposed.
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- A Bernad
- Centro de Biologia Molecular (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Jung GH, Leavitt MC, Hsieh JC, Ito J. Bacteriophage PRD1 DNA polymerase: evolution of DNA polymerases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:8287-91. [PMID: 3479792 PMCID: PMC299527 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.23.8287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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A small lipid-containing bacteriophage PRD1 specifies its own DNA polymerase that utilizes terminal protein as a primer for DNA synthesis. The PRD1 DNA polymerase gene has been sequenced, and its amino acid sequence has been deduced. This protein-primed DNA polymerase consists of 553 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 63,300. Thus, it appears to be the smallest DNA polymerase ever isolated from prokaryotic cells. Comparison of the PRD1 DNA polymerase sequence with other DNA polymerase sequences that have been published yielded segmental but significant homologies. These results strongly suggest that many prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA polymerase genes, regardless of size, have evolved from a common ancestral gene. The results further indicate that those DNA polymerases that use either an RNA or protein primer are related. We propose to classify DNA polymerases on the basis of their evolutionary relatedness.
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- G H Jung
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724
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