title: Escherichia coli host factor for site-specific DNA inversion: cloning and characterization of the fis gene.
abstract: The Escherichia coli (Es. coli) protein Fis (factor for inversion stimulation) stimulates site-specific DNA inversion of the G segment in phage Mu by binding to a recombinational enhancer. By using synthetic oligonucleotides deduced from the amino-terminal amino acid sequence, we have cloned the gene (termed fis) encoding this specific DNA-binding protein. The DNA sequence shows that the Fis protein is basic and contains 98 amino acids. A helix-turn-helix sequence motif characteristic of many DNA-binding proteins is located at the carboxyl-terminal end of the protein. By marker exchange, we have constructed an insertion mutation of fis. Fis is nonessential for Es. coli growth; however, inversion of the G segment of a Mu prophage was not detected in the fis mutant. The fis gene is located between 71 and 72 min on the Es. coli genetic map.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Otto-Warburg-Laboratorium, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vandekerckhove
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kahmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D035021:Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D034982:Integration Host Factors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D035021:Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein; D034982:Integration Host Factors; C440502:integration host factor, E coli; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes