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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2001

Mobilization function of the pBHR1 plasmid, a derivative of the broad-host-range plasmid pBBR1.

C Y Szpirer, M Faelen, M Couturier

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C Y SzpirerLaboratoire de Génétique des Procaryotes, Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium. ceszpir@dbm.ulb.ac.be
M Faelen
M Couturier
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pBHR1 plasmid is a derivative of the small (2.6-kb), mobilizable broad-host-range plasmid pBBR1, which was isolated from the gram-negative bacterium Bordetella bronchiseptica (R. Antoine and C. Locht, Mol. Microbiol. 6:1785-1799, 1992). Plasmid pBBR1 consists of two functional cassettes and presents sequence similarities with the transfer origins of several plasmids and mobilizable transposons from gram-positive bacteria. We show that the Mob protein specifically recognizes a 52-bp sequence which contains, in addition to the transfer origin, the promoter of the mob gene. We demonstrate that this gene is autoregulated. The binding of the Mob protein to the 52-bp sequence could thus allow the formation of a protein-DNA complex with a double function: relaxosome formation and mob gene regulation. We show that the Mob protein is a relaxase, and we located the nic site position in vitro. After sequence alignment, the position of the nic site of pBBR1 corresponds with those of the nick sites of the Bacteroides mobilizable transposon Tn4555 and the streptococcal plasmid pMV158. The oriT of the latter is characteristic of a family of mobilizable plasmids that are found in gram-positive bacteria and that replicate by the rolling-circle mechanism. Plasmid pBBR1 thus appears to be a new member of this group, even though it resides in gram-negative bacteria and does not replicate via a rolling-circle mechanism. In addition, we identified two amino acids of the Mob protein necessary for its activity, and we discuss their involvement in the mobilization mechanism.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBacteroidesBordetella bronchisepticaCatalytic DomainConjugation, GeneticDNA, BacterialDNA, SuperhelicalDNA Transposable ElementsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPlasmidsPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombination, GeneticReplication OriginBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDNA, SuperhelicalDNA Transposable ElementsMob protein, Bacteria

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PMID11222611
PMCPMC95108
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