Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 integrates into the Mycobacterium smegmatis groEL1 gene.

نویسندگان

  • Amy I Kim
  • Pallavi Ghosh
  • Michelle A Aaron
  • Lori A Bibb
  • Shruti Jain
  • Graham F Hatfull
چکیده

Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 is a temperate phage of Mycobacterium smegmatis and forms stable lysogens in which the Bxb1 genome is integrated into the host chromosome. Bxb1 encodes an integrase of the large serine recombinase family that catalyses integration and excision of the Bxb1 genome. We show here that Bxb1 integrates into a chromosomal attB site located within the 3' end of the groEL1 gene such that integration results in alteration of the C-terminal 21 amino acid residues. An integration-proficient plasmid vector containing the Bxb1 integrase gene and flanking DNA sequences efficiently transforms M. smegmatis via integration at attB. Bxb1-integrated recombinants are stable and fully compatible with L5 integration vectors. Strand exchange occurs within an 8 bp common core sequence present in attB and within an attP site situated immediately upstream of the phage integrase gene. Establishment of a defined in vitro system for Bxb1 integration shows that recombination occurs efficiently without requirement for high-energy cofactors, divalent metals, DNA supercoiling or additional proteins.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Molecular microbiology

دوره 50 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003