Sota Masahiro, Endo Masahiro, Nitta Keiji, Kawasaki Haruhiko, Tsuda Masataka
Department of Environmental Simulation, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Obuchi, Rokkasho, Aomori 039-3212, Japan.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 May;68(5):2307-15. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.5.2307-2315.2002.
The two haloacetate dehalogenase genes, dehH1 and dehH2, on the 65-kb plasmid pUO1 from Delftia acidovorans strain B were found to be located on transposable elements. The dehH2 gene was carried on an 8.9-kb class I composite transposon (TnHad1) that was flanked by two directly repeated copies of IS1071, IS1071L and IS1071R. The dehH1 gene was also flanked by IS1071L and a truncated version of IS1071 (IS1071N). TnHad1, dehH1, and IS1071N were located on a 15.6-kb class II transposon (TnHad2) whose terminal inverted repeats and res site showed high homology with those of the Tn21-related transposons. TnHad2 was defective in transposition because of its lacking the transposase and resolvase genes. TnHad2 could transpose when the Tn21-encoded transposase and resolvase were supplied in trans. These results demonstrated that Tn Had2 is a defective Tn21-related transposon carrying another class I catabolic transposon.
从嗜酸戴尔福特菌B菌株的65 kb质粒pUO1上发现的两个卤乙酸脱卤酶基因dehH1和dehH2位于转座元件上。dehH2基因位于一个8.9 kb的I类复合转座子(TnHad1)上,其两侧是IS1071、IS1071L和IS1071R的两个直接重复拷贝。dehH1基因也位于IS1071L和IS1071的一个截短版本(IS1071N)的两侧。TnHad1、dehH1和IS1071N位于一个15.6 kb的II类转座子(TnHad2)上,其末端反向重复序列和res位点与Tn21相关转座子的末端反向重复序列和res位点具有高度同源性。由于缺乏转座酶和解离酶基因,TnHad2在转座方面存在缺陷。当通过反式提供Tn21编码的转座酶和解离酶时,TnHad2可以进行转座。这些结果表明,TnHad2是一个携带另一个I类分解代谢转座子的缺陷型Tn21相关转座子。