title: Molecular structure of the replication origin of a Bacillus subtilis (natto) plasmid, pUH1.
abstract: The structure of a 2.0-kb BstEII DNA sequence necessary and sufficient for the replication of a 5.7-kb Natto plasmid, pUH1, which is responsible for gamma-polyglutamate production by Bacillus subtilis (natto), has been characterized by using a trimethoprim resistance gene derived from B. subtilis chromosomal DNA as a selective marker. The 2.0-kb DNA sequence contains an open reading frame, rep, stretching for 999 bp; a promoter region for rep expression; and a possible replication origin for the plasmid upstream of the promotor. The predicted Rep protein has highly homologous amino acid sequences with rep14 of pFTB14 in B. amyloliquefaciens, RepB of pUB110, and protein A, which is necessary for pC194 replication in staphylococci throughout the protein molecule, but is not homologous with RepC of staphylococcal plasmid pT181.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Genetics Division, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagatomo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial