Requirements for mobilization of plasmids RSF1010 and ColE1 by the IncW plasmid R388: trwB and RP4 traG are interchangeable.
Mobilization of plasmid RSF1010 by the IncW plasmid R388 requires the genes involved in W pilus synthesis plus trwB. traG of the IncP plasmid RP4 can substitute for trwB in RSF1010 mobilization by R388 but not in self-transfer of R388. This result suggests a dual specificity of TrwB-like proteins in conjugation. The same genetic requirements were found for R388 to mobilize the unrelated plasmid ColE1.
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Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003086:Bacteriocin Plasmids; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C073791:TraG protein, E coli