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Location of F plasmid transfer operon genes traC and traW and identification of the traW product. 1987

S Maneewannakul, and P Kathir, and D Moore, and L A Le, and J H Wu, and K Ippen-Ihler
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843.

As part of an analysis of the conjugative transfer genes associated with the expression of F pili by plasmid F, we have investigated the physical location of the traC and traW genes. We found that plasmid clones carrying a 2.95-kilobase EcoRI-EcoRV F transfer operon fragment were able to complement transfer of F lac traC mutants and expressed an approximately 92,000-dalton product that comigrates with TraC. We also found that traW-complementing activity was expressed from plasmids carrying a 900-base-pair SmaI-HincII fragment. The traW product was identified as an approximately 23,000-dalton protein. The two different F DNA fragments that expressed traC and traW activities do not overlap. Our data indicate that the traC gene is located in a more-tra operon promoter-proximal position than suggested on earlier maps and that traW is distal to traC. These results resolve a long-standing question concerning the relationship of traW to traC. The clones we have constructed are expected to be useful in elucidating the role of proteins TraC and TraW in F-pilus assembly.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D009876 Operon In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION. Operons
D010861 Fimbriae, Bacterial Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present on the cells of gram-negative bacteria, particularly Enterobacteriaceae and Neisseria. Unlike flagella, they do not possess motility, but being protein (pilin) in nature, they possess antigenic and hemagglutinating properties. They are of medical importance because some fimbriae mediate the attachment of bacteria to cells via adhesins (ADHESINS, BACTERIAL). Bacterial fimbriae refer to common pili, to be distinguished from the preferred use of "pili", which is confined to sex pili (PILI, SEX). Bacterial Fimbriae,Bacterial Pili,Common Fimbriae,Common Pili,Pili, Bacterial,Pili, Common,Bacterial Fimbria,Bacterial Pilus,Common Fimbria,Common Pilus,Fimbria, Bacterial,Pilus, Bacterial,Fimbria, Common,Fimbriae, Common,Pilus, Common
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D003001 Cloning, Molecular The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells. Molecular Cloning
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D005144 F Factor A plasmid whose presence in the cell, either extrachromosomal or integrated into the BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME, determines the "sex" of the bacterium, host chromosome mobilization, transfer via conjugation (CONJUGATION, GENETIC) of genetic material, and the formation of SEX PILI. Resistance Transfer Factor,Sex Factor F,Sex Factor, Bacterial,Bacterial Sex Factor,Bacterial Sex Factors,F Plasmid,F Plasmids,Factor, Bacterial Sex,Factors, Bacterial Sex,Fertility Factor, Bacterial,Sex Factors, Bacterial,Bacterial Fertility Factor,Bacterial Fertility Factors,F Factors,Factor F, Sex,Factor Fs, Sex,Factor, Bacterial Fertility,Factor, F,Factor, Resistance Transfer,Factors, Bacterial Fertility,Factors, F,Factors, Resistance Transfer,Fertility Factors, Bacterial,Fs, Sex Factor,Plasmid, F,Plasmids, F,Resistance Transfer Factors,Sex Factor Fs,Transfer Factor, Resistance,Transfer Factors, Resistance
D005796 Genes A category of nucleic acid sequences that function as units of heredity and which code for the basic instructions for the development, reproduction, and maintenance of organisms. Cistron,Gene,Genetic Materials,Cistrons,Genetic Material,Material, Genetic,Materials, Genetic
D005798 Genes, Bacterial The functional hereditary units of BACTERIA. Bacterial Gene,Bacterial Genes,Gene, Bacterial
D005822 Genetic Vectors DNA molecules capable of autonomous replication within a host cell and into which other DNA sequences can be inserted and thus amplified. Many are derived from PLASMIDS; BACTERIOPHAGES; or VIRUSES. They are used for transporting foreign genes into recipient cells. Genetic vectors possess a functional replicator site and contain GENETIC MARKERS to facilitate their selective recognition. Cloning Vectors,Shuttle Vectors,Vectors, Genetic,Cloning Vector,Genetic Vector,Shuttle Vector,Vector, Cloning,Vector, Genetic,Vector, Shuttle,Vectors, Cloning,Vectors, Shuttle

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