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Iteron control of oriV function in IncP-1 plasmid RK2. 2023

Anand P Maurya, and Alessandro Lazdins, and Helen Wilson, and Georgina S Lloyd, and Elton R Stephens, and Anthony S Haines, and Christopher M Thomas
School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

Replication control of many plasmids is mediated by the balance between the positive and negative effects of Rep protein binding repeated sequences (iterons) associated with the replication origin, oriV. Negative control is thought to be mediated by dimeric Rep protein linking iterons in a process termed "handcuffing". The well-studied oriV region of RK2 contains 9 iterons arranged as a singleton (iteron 1), a group of 3 (iterons 2-4) and a group of 5 (iterons 5-9), but only iterons 5 to 9 are essential for replication. An additional iteron (iteron 10), oriented in the opposite direction, is also involved and reduces copy-number nearly two-fold. Since iterons 1 and 10 share an identical upstream hexamer (5' TTTCAT 3') it has been hypothesised that they form a TrfA-mediated loop facilitated by their inverted orientation. Here we report that contrary to the hypothesis, flipping one or other so they are in direct orientation results in marginally lower rather than higher copy-number. In addition, following mutagenesis of the hexamer upstream of iteron 10, we report that the Logo for the hexamer "upstream" of the regulatory iterons (1 to 4 and 10) differs from that of the essential iterons, suggesting functional differences in their interaction with TrfA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D012091 Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Sequences of DNA or RNA that occur in multiple copies. There are several types: INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES are copies of transposable elements (DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS or RETROELEMENTS) dispersed throughout the genome. TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES flank both ends of another sequence, for example, the long terminal repeats (LTRs) on RETROVIRUSES. Variations may be direct repeats, those occurring in the same direction, or inverted repeats, those opposite to each other in direction. TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES are copies which lie adjacent to each other, direct or inverted (INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES). DNA Repetitious Region,Direct Repeat,Genes, Selfish,Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences,Repetitive Region,Selfish DNA,Selfish Genes,DNA, Selfish,Repetitious Region, DNA,Repetitive Sequence,DNA Repetitious Regions,DNAs, Selfish,Direct Repeats,Gene, Selfish,Repeat, Direct,Repeats, Direct,Repetitious Regions, DNA,Repetitive Regions,Repetitive Sequences,Selfish DNAs,Selfish Gene
D004261 DNA Replication The process by which a DNA molecule is duplicated. Autonomous Replication,Replication, Autonomous,Autonomous Replications,DNA Replications,Replication, DNA,Replications, Autonomous,Replications, DNA
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D018741 Replication Origin A unique DNA sequence of a replicon at which DNA REPLICATION is initiated and proceeds bidirectionally or unidirectionally. It contains the sites where the first separation of the complementary strands occurs, a primer RNA is synthesized, and the switch from primer RNA to DNA synthesis takes place. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) Origin of Replication,ori Region,Origin, Replication,Origins, Replication,Region, ori,Regions, ori,Replication Origins,ori Regions
D029968 Escherichia coli Proteins Proteins obtained from ESCHERICHIA COLI. E coli Proteins

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