title: Replication properties of mini-Rts1 derivatives deleted for DnaA boxes in the replication origin.
abstract: Mini-Rts1 was found to be unable to replicate in a dnaA-null mutant. However, a mini-Rts1 derivative lacking entire tandem DnaA boxes in the replication origin retained the replication ability in a dnaA+ host although its copy number was about half that of the mini-Rts1 having complete DnaA boxes. Mini-Rts1cop1 that contains a high copy number mutation in repA was found to replicate more efficiently than mini-Rts1 of wild repA when DnaA boxes were deleted. In addition, the copy number of mini-Rts1cop1 without DnaA boxes increased 1.5-fold upon removal of incI iterons, whereas that of mini-Rts1 without DnaA boxes did not increase after the iterons were deleted. These indicate that the RepAcop1 protein can initiate the replication of mini-Rts1 efficiently even when DnaA boxes are absent from the origin of replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terawaki
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012093:Replicon; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial