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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2021

Molecular analysis of the replication functions of the bifidobacterial conjugative megaplasmid pMP7017.

Rebecca L Dineen, Christophe Penno, Philip Kelleher, Maxence J B Bourin, Mary O'Connell-Motherway, Douwe van Sinderen

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rebecca L DineenAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-4752-3629
Christophe PennoCNRS UMR 6553 EcoBio, Universite de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Bat. 14A, Rennes cedex, 35042, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7698-5278
Philip KelleherAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-3423-7930
Maxence J B BourinAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-3256-2852
Mary O'Connell-MotherwayAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-9164-9320
Douwe van SinderenAPC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1823-7957
University College Cork · IECentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

pMP7017 is a conjugative megaplasmid isolated from the gut commensal Bifidobacterium breve JCM7017 and was shown to encode two putative replicases, designated here as RepA and RepB. In the current work, RepB was identified as the pMP7017 replicative initiator, as the repB gene, and its surrounding region was shown to be sufficient to allow autonomous replication in two bifidobacterial species, B. breve and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum. RepB was shown to bind to repeat sequence downstream of its coding sequence and this region was determined to be essential for efficient replication. Based on our results, we hypothesize that pMP7017 is an iteron-regulated plasmid (IRP) under strict auto-regulatory control. Recombinantly produced and purified RepB was determined to exist as a dimer in solution, differing from replicases of other IRPs, which exist as a mix of dimers and monomers. Furthermore, a stable low-copy Bifidobacterium-E. coli shuttle vector, pRD1.3, was created which can be employed for cloning and expression of large genes, as was demonstrated by the cloning and heterologous expression of the 5.1 kb apuB gene encoding the extracellular amylopullulanase from B. breve UCC2003 into B. longum subsp. longum NCIMB8809.

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PMID33939264
PMCPMC8313286
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