title: Organization and localization of the dnaA and dnaK gene regions on the multichromosomal genome of Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616.
abstract: The Burkholderia multivorans strain ATCC 17616 carries three circular chromosomes with sizes of 3.4, 2.5, and 0.9 Mb. To reveal the distribution and organization of the genes for fundamental cell functions on the genome of this bacterium, the dnaA and dnaK gene regions of ATCC 17616 were cloned and characterized. The gene organization of the dnaA region was rnpA-rmpH-dnaA-dnaN-gyrB with a single consensus DnaA-binding box (TTATCCACA) between the rmpH and dnaA genes. This intergenic region, however, did not work as an autonomously replicating sequence in ATCC 17616. On the other hand, the gene organization of the dnaK region was grpE-orf1 (gene for thioredoxin homologue)-dnaK-dnaJ-pabB (gene for p-aminobenzoate synthetase component homologue). A putative heat-shock promoter that showed good homology to the sigma32-dependent promoter consensus sequence in Escherichia coli was found upstream of the grpE gene, suggesting that these five genes constitute an operon. In M9 succinate minimal medium the dnaJ mutant grew more slowly than the wild-type strain, indicating that this operon is functional. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and Southern blot analyses indicated that both the dnaA and dnaK gene regions exist as single copies on the 3.4 Mb chromosome.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. aynaga@ige.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Muneaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Harunobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtsubo
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuda
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D019117:Burkholderia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018628:Gene Dosage; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C066312:DnaA protein, Bacteria; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C063842:dnaK protein, E coli