title: The ITR binding domain of the Mariner Mos-1 transposase.
abstract: Mariner-like elements are widespread eukaryotic transposons, but Mos-1 is the only natural element that is known to be active. Little is known about the biochemistry of mariner transposition. The first step in the process is the binding of the transposase to the 5' and 3' inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) of the element. Using the 3' ITR of the element, we have determined the binding properties of a recombinant Mos-1 transposase produced in bacteria, and we have used deletion derivatives to localize the minimal ITR binding domain between amino acids 1 and 141. Its features and structure indicate that it differs from the ITR binding domain of the transposase encoded by Tc1-related elements.
authors.affiliation: IRBI Groupe d'Etude des Parasites Génétiques, URPESA CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences, Tours, France. auge@univ-tours.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Augé-Gouillou
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hamelin
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Demattei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Periquet
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bigot
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences; D019895:Transposases / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C111652:mariner transposases; D019895:Transposases