title: Purification of the beta product encoded by the Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035. A putative DNA recombinase required to resolve plasmid oligomers.
abstract: Genetic evidence suggests that the gene beta product of Streptococcus pyogenes plasmid pSM19035 is required for converting plasmid multimers into monomers. The beta protein was purified from cells overexpressing the cloned gene. N-terminal protein sequence analysis demonstrated that the purified protein had the predicted sequence, except that the N-terminal initiator methionine was not present. Native beta protein consists of a dimer of two identical subunits with a molecular mass of 23.8 kDa (25 kDa in SDS-PAGE). The beta protein (isoelectric point of 9.7) binds specifically to a DNA fragment (312 bp in length) which contains the promoter region of the orf alpha-gene beta operon and two regions (sites I and II) that show dyad axes of symmetry. It is proposed that protein beta binds to sites I and II to mediate resolution of plasmid oligomers.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weise
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli; D019426:Integrases; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D045522:Recombinases; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D045522:Recombinases; C082525:beta protein, Streptococcus; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D019426:Integrases; C115006:integron integrase IntI1