Sequence analysis of replication origin of plasmid pLS11 of Bacillus subtilis IFO 3022.
The structure of a 1.6-kb SphI-HindIII DNA sequence necessary and sufficient for the replication of a 8.6-kb plasmid pLS11 of Bacillus subtilis IFO 3022, which is responsible for gamma-polyglutamate production, has been characterized by using a trimethoprim (Tmp)-resistance gene derived form B. subtilis TTK24 chromosomal DNA as a selective marker. The 1.6-kb DNA sequence contains a rep gene encoding the protein (333 amino acids) essential for initiation of replication and a possible origin of replication. The predicted REP protein of pLS11 has an overall homology with the REP proteins of pUH1 (74.8% identity), pBAA1 (92.8%), and pFTB14 (78.7%) in Bacillus spp., pLP1 (42.1%) and pLAB1000 (36.3%) in Lactobacillus spp., and pUB110 (35.3%) and pC194 (37.4%) in Staphylococcus aureus, but has not any similarity with the REP protein of the staphylococcal plasmid pT181.
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Microbial Genetics Division, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Saito
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Ishizaki
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000494:pharmacology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014295:Trimethoprim