title: Deletion and transposon mutagenesis and sequence analysis of the pRO1600 OriR region found in the broad-host-range plasmids of the pQF series.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the replicative origin (OriR) region of the small cryptic broad-host-range plasmid, pRO1600, which forms the basis of a number of useful cloning vectors has been determined. In addition it has been subjected to Tn5 mutagenesis, deletion analysis, and subcloning in order to define the regions essential for replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The sequence (1894 bp) contains a fragment derived from transposon Tn1. The OriR region is structurally related to other replication (Rep) protein-dependent origins in that it has an A-T-rich region upstream of four 17-bp direct repeats (iterons) which presumably function in initiator protein binding. The sequence also contains a DNA-A-binding site and an open reading frame which could encode a basic (pI 10.6) 25,343-Da Rep protein with homology to RepA from the Neisseria gonorrhoeae beta-lactamase plasmid pFA3. The possible evolutionary origin of this plasmid in P. aeruginosa (RP1) is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jansons
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Touchie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Almquist
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Farinha
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kropinski
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002151:Calorimetry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010957:Plasmids; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015534:Trans-Activators
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015534:Trans-Activators; C045264:replication initiator protein; D004265:DNA Helicases