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The repeated sequences (incB) preceding the protein E gene of plasmid mini-F are essential for replication

✍ Scribed by Disqué-Kochem, Claudia ;Seidel, Ulla ;Helsberg, Matthias ;Eichenlaub, Rudolf

Publisher
Springer
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
515 KB
Volume
202
Category
Article
ISSN
0026-8925

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✦ Synopsis

At the XhoI site (45.08F) of plasmid mini-F a deletion of 649 bp was generated employing exonuclease Bal31. By this deletion nucleotide sequences functioning as origin II and the four 19 bp direct repeats constituting the incB region in front of the E protein gene were removed from the plasmid. Analysis of proteins radioactively labelled in Escherichia coli mini-cells indicated that all mini-F encoded proteins are expressed. However, the plasmid carrying the deletion was not capable of replicating from the primary origin (origin I, 42.6F). Recently a smaller deletion at the XhoI site (45.08F) of about 300 bp, removing only the region functioning as origin II and replicating from origin I, was described by Tanimoto and Iino (1984, 1985). The data presented suggest that the incB repeats are essential for the initiation of replication from origin I, and possibly also from origin II, and seem not to be engaged in the autoregulation of E protein expression.

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