title: Characterization of the replication, transfer, and plasmid/lytic phage cycle of the Streptomyces plasmid-phage pZL12.
abstract: We report here the isolation and recombinational cloning of a large plasmid, pZL12, from endophytic Streptomyces sp. 9R-2. pZL12 comprises 90,435 bp, encoding 112 genes, 30 of which are organized in a large operon resembling bacteriophage genes. A replication locus (repA) and a conjugal transfer locus (traA-traC) were identified in pZL12. Surprisingly, the supernatant of a 9R-2 liquid culture containing partially purified phage particles infected 9R-2 cured of pZL12 (9R-2X) to form plaques, and a phage particle (phiZL12) was observed by transmission electron microscopy. Major structural proteins (capsid, portal, and tail) of phiZL12 virions were encoded by pZL12 genes. Like bacteriophage P1, linear phiZL12 DNA contained ends from a largely random pZL12 sequence. There was also a hot end sequence in linear phiZL12. phiZL12 virions efficiently infected only one host, 9R-2X, but failed to infect and form plaques in 18 other Streptomyces strains. Some 9R-2X spores rescued from lysis by infection of phiZL12 virions contained a circular pZL12 plasmid, completing a cycle comprising autonomous plasmid pZL12 and lytic phage phiZL12. These results confirm pZL12 as the first example of a plasmid-phage in Streptomyces.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Qiuxiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Xinli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Liqian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhongjun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000502:physiology*; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000821:virology*; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
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