title: Characterization and distribution of IS8301 in the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans.
abstract: The insertion sequence element IS8301 isolated from the radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans strain KD8301 was characterized. IS8301 is comprised of 1,736-bp, lacks terminal inverted repeats and does not duplicate target DNA upon its insertion. The amino acid sequence homology of two open reading frames encoded in IS8301 indicates that this insertion sequence element belongs to the IS200/IS605 group. There were seven loci completely identical with the IS8301 sequence in the published D. radiodurans R(1) genome sequence. The genome distribution profiles of IS8301 in strain KD8301 as well as in the three different laboratory isolates (KR(1), MR(1), and R(1)) of wild-type D. radiodurans were investigated using genomic hybridization analysis. At least 21 strong hybridization signals were detected in strain KD8301 while only one hybridization signal was detected in strain KR(1), the parent strain of KD8301. In strain MR1, a different wild-type isolate, six strong hybridization signals were detected. In spite of the identification of seven copies of IS8301 in the published D. radiodurans R(1) genome sequence, only one hybridization signal was detected in strain R(1) purchased from American Type Culture Collection. Using inverse PCR and sequencing analyses, total 13 different insertion loci of IS8301 in the D. radiodurans genome were identified. Sequence comparison of the flanking region of insertion sites indicated that the sequence 5'-TTGAT-3' preceded the left end of IS8301 in all cases.
authors.affiliation: Research Group for Biotechnology Development, Department of Ion-beam-applied Biology, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Takasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Saidul M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Yuejin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Issay
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Narumi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D034301:Deinococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial