title: Identification of a replicon from pCC3, a cryptic plasmid from Leuconostoc citreum C4 derived from kimchi, and development of a new host-vector system.
abstract: Analysis of the structural properties of pCC3, a cryptic plasmid from Leuconostoc citreum C4 isolated from kimchi, determined its length as 3,338 bp and revealed three open reading frames (ORFs): ORF1-ORF3. ORF3 showed high homology with a replication initiation protein of the theta-type plasmid pTXL1. The fragment encompassing ORF3 and its upstream sequences (nt 1,299-1,634) was found to contain a functional plasmid replicon. A new shuttle vector, pUCC3E1, was constructed based on pCC3. Using Southern hybridization analysis, no single-stranded DNA intermediate was detected from Leu. citreum harboring pUCC3E1, which indicates that pCC3 replicated via the theta mechanism. The pUCC3E1 could be replicated in E. coli TG1 (5.8 x 10(4) CFU/microg DNA) and the developed cloning hosts, Leu. citreum C16 (2.1 x 10(2) CFU/microg DNA) and Leu. citreum GJ7 (8.0 x 10(1) CFU/microg DNA). pUCC3E1 was stably maintained in Leu. citreum C16 (for 100 generations, ca. 94.2%) in the absence of erythromycin (5 microg/ml).
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutrition, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501-759, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hae Choon
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial