title: Characterization and nucleotide sequence of the oriT-traM-finP region of the IncFVII plasmid pSU233.
abstract: By hybridizing the IncFVII haemolytic plasmid pSU233 with a probe containing the origin of transfer of the IncFII plasmid R1, we isolated a 1.9 kb BglII fragment containing at least the origin of transfer (oriT), and the genes traM and finP. Functional complementation analysis of deletion derivatives was used to map the origin of transfer. We also determined the nucleotide sequence of traM and finP. Comparison with similar regions of several plasmids, also belonging to the Rep-FIIA family, revelaed that pSU233 resembles the F plasmid by very close. The homology is not evenly distributed along this region, but clustered into homologous regions (TraZb-oriT, TraMb-oriT and traM separated by non-homologous regions (TraYb-oriT, finP). This organization resembles that reported for the replication region and also suggests evolution by exchange of modules. In addition, the nucleotide sequence of finP is different from those previously described for other IncF plasmids and constitutes a new allele, which we have denominated allele VI.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lopéz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrés
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005144:F Factor; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial