title: Identification of the minimal replicon of the streptomycete plasmid pIJ101.
abstract: The minimal replicon of pIJ101 was defined to a 2.0-kb BalI-SacII fragment containing the rep ORF and a non-coding region of DNA, but not orf56 (pQR435). This non-coding region of DNA was found to be crucial for plasmid replication in Streptomyces lividans and may contain either the origin of replication or the rep promoter (or both). A 1.4-kb NotI-SacII fragment containing only the rep ORF produced a 54-kDa protein in vitro when expressed from the lacZ promoter. pQR435 was structurally unstable in S. lividans and accumulated single-stranded (ss)DNA. The insertion of the site for second-strand initiation (ssi) into pQR435 did not prevent the plasmid from rearranging or from accumulating ssDNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University College London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids; D012093:Replicon; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded