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Streptococcal plasmid pIP501 has a functional oriT site.


ABSTRACT: DNA sequence analysis suggested the presence of a plasmid transfer origin-like site (oriT) in the gram-positive conjugative plasmid pIP501. To test the hypothesis that the putative oriT site in pIP501 played a role in conjugal transfer, we conducted plasmid mobilization studies in Enterococcus faecalis. Two fragments, 49 and 309 bp, which encompassed the oriT region of pIP501, were cloned into pDL277, a nonconjugative plasmid of gram-positive origin. These recombinant plasmids were mobilized by pVA1702, a derivative of pIP501, at a frequency of 10(-4) to 10(-5) transconjugants per donor cell, while pDL277 was mobilized at a frequency of 10(-8) transconjugants per donor cell. These results indicated that the oriT-like site was needed for conjugal mobilization. To demonstrate precise nicking at the oriT site, alkaline gel and DNA-sequencing analyses were performed. Alkaline gel electrophoresis results indicated a single-stranded DNA break in the predicted oriT site. The oriT site was found upstream of six open reading frames (orf1 to orf6), each of which plays a role in conjugal transfer. Taken together, our conjugal mobilization data and the in vivo oriT nicking seen in Escherichia coli argue compellingly for the role of specific, single-stranded cleavage in plasmid mobilization. Thus, plasmid mobilization promoted by pVA1702 (pIP501) works in a fashion similar to that known to occur widely in gram-negative bacteria.

SUBMITTER: Wang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC177163 | biostudies-other | 1995 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Streptococcal plasmid pIP501 has a functional oriT site.

Wang A A   Macrina F L FL  

Journal of bacteriology 19950801 15


DNA sequence analysis suggested the presence of a plasmid transfer origin-like site (oriT) in the gram-positive conjugative plasmid pIP501. To test the hypothesis that the putative oriT site in pIP501 played a role in conjugal transfer, we conducted plasmid mobilization studies in Enterococcus faecalis. Two fragments, 49 and 309 bp, which encompassed the oriT region of pIP501, were cloned into pDL277, a nonconjugative plasmid of gram-positive origin. These recombinant plasmids were mobilized by  ...[more]

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