Sutton M D, Kaguni J M
Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1319, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1995 Nov;177(22):6657-65. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.22.6657-6665.1995.
Five novel alleles of the Escherichia coli dnaA gene that were temperature sensitive in maintenance of pSC101, a plasmid that is dependent on this gene for replication, were isolated. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that four of the five alleles arose from single base substitutions, whereas the fifth contained three base substitutions, two of which were silent. Whereas all five alleles were temperature sensitive in vivo for pSC101 maintenance, genetic and biochemical characterization indicated that only two were defective in replication from the chromosomal origin, oriC. As previously characterized mutations are defective in replication for both pSC101 and oriC, the dnaA mutations specifically defective in pSC101 maintenance represent a novel class. We speculate that one or more of these pSC101-specific mutants are defective in interaction with pSC101 RepA protein, which is also required for initiation of plasmid DNA replication.
分离出了大肠杆菌dnaA基因的五个新等位基因,这些等位基因在维持pSC101(一种依赖该基因进行复制的质粒)时对温度敏感。核苷酸序列分析表明,五个等位基因中的四个来自单碱基替换,而第五个包含三个碱基替换,其中两个是沉默突变。尽管所有五个等位基因在体内对pSC101的维持都对温度敏感,但遗传和生化特征表明,只有两个在从染色体原点oriC进行复制时有缺陷。由于先前鉴定的突变在pSC101和oriC的复制中均有缺陷,因此在pSC101维持中特异性缺陷的dnaA突变代表了一个新类别。我们推测,这些pSC101特异性突变体中的一个或多个在与pSC101 RepA蛋白的相互作用中存在缺陷,而pSC101 RepA蛋白也是质粒DNA复制起始所必需的。