title: Relationship of an unstable argG gene to a 5.7-kilobase amplifiable DNA sequence in Streptomyces lividans 66.
abstract: The relationship between an unstable argG gene and a 5.7-kilobase (kb) amplifiable DNA sequence in Streptomyces lividans 66 was investigated. Spontaneous, high-frequency Arg mutants deleted for this gene typically contain 200 to 300 copies of the tandemly reiterated sequence. A library of S. lividans 66 (strain 1326) wild-type genomic DNA was prepared in the vector lambda Charon 35. Chromosome walking over 44 kb established that argG is located 25 kb distant from a duplicated amplifiable DNA structure. A sequence was characterized, located farther distal from the amplifiable structure, containing strong homology with an internal sequence of the amplifiable DNA, which may have a role in the deletion of argG. Genetic mapping showed that argG and the 5.7-kb amplifiable sequence are linked to another unstable gene, determining chloramphenicol resistance (Camr) and that together these genes may be located in a silent chromosomal arc.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Universität München, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Betzler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dyson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schrempf
mesh_terms: D001124:Argininosuccinate Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D001124:Argininosuccinate Synthase