title: Analysis of pYC2, a cryptic plasmid in Lactobacillus sakei BM5 isolated from kimchi.
abstract: Analysis of the structural properties of pYC2, a cryptic plasmid from Lactobacillus sakei BM5 isolated from kimchi, determined its length as 1,970 bp with a G + C content of 34%. The double-strand origin (dso) and single-strand origin (sso) of rolling-circle replicating plasmids were found in the nucleotide sequence of the pYC2 plasmid. Sequence analysis of pYC2 revealed that ORF 1 and ORF 2 showed high homology with the Cop and Rep proteins encoded by the pMV158 family of plasmids replicating via the rolling-circle mechanism. pYC2 also replicates by this mechanism, as confirmed by Southern hybridization analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutrition, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hae Choon
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial