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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2008

Highly efficient in vitro site-specific recombination system based on streptomyces phage phiBT1 integrase.

Lin Zhang, Xijun Ou, Guoping Zhao, Xiaoming Ding

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lin ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Xijun Ou
Guoping Zhao
Xiaoming Ding
State Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringChinese National Human Genome Center · CNFudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Streptomyces phage phiBT1 encodes a site-specific integrase of the large serine recombinase subfamily. In this report, the enzymatic activity of the phiBT1 integrase was characterized in vitro. We showed that this integrase has efficient integration activity with substrate DNAs containing attB and attP sites, independent of DNA supercoiling or cofactors. Both intra- and intermolecular recombinations proceed with rapid kinetics. The recombination is highly specific, and no reactions are observed between pairs of sites including attB and attL, attB and attR, attP and attL, or attP and attR or between two identical att sequences; however, a low but significant frequency of excision recombination between attL and attR is observed in the presence of the phiBT1 integrase alone. In addition, for efficient integration, the minimal sizes of attB and attP are 36 bp and 48 bp, respectively. This site-specific recombination system is efficient and simple to use; thus, it could have applications for the manipulation of DNA in vitro.

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Attachment Sites, MicrobiologicalBacteriophagesIntegrasesKineticsModels, GeneticRecombination, GeneticStreptomycesViral ProteinsIntegrasesViral Proteins

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PMID18689469
PMCPMC2565996
OpenAlexW2124658399

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