Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMMB), Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1235-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01764-13. Epub 2013 Dec 2.
Conjugative transposon Tn5253, an integrative conjugative element (ICE) of Streptococcus pneumoniae carrying the cat and tet(M) genes, was shown to be 64,528 bp in size and to contain 79 open reading frames, of which only 38 could be annotated. Two distinct genetic elements were found integrated into Tn5253: Tn5251 (18,033 bp), of the Tn916-Tn1545 family of ICEs, and Ωcat(pC194) (7,627 bp), which could not conjugate but was capable of intracellular mobility by excision, circularization, and integration by homologous recombination. The highest conjugation frequency of Tn5253 was observed when Streptococcus pyogenes was the donor (6.7 × 10(-3) transconjugants/donor).
转座子 Tn5253 是肺炎链球菌的整合性接合元件(ICE),携带 cat 和 tet(M) 基因,大小为 64528bp,包含 79 个开放阅读框,其中只有 38 个可以注释。在 Tn5253 中发现了两个不同的遗传元件:Tn5251(18033bp),属于 Tn916-Tn1545 家族的 ICE;以及 Ωcat(pC194)(7627bp),它不能进行接合,但能够通过切除、环化和同源重组进行细胞内移动。当供体为化脓性链球菌时,Tn5253 的最高接合频率为 6.7×10(-3)转导子/供体。