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Characterization of the replication region of the Bacillus subtilis plasmid pLS20: a novel type of replicon.


ABSTRACT: A 3.1 kb fragment of the large (approximately 55 kb) Bacillus subtilis plasmid pLS20 containing all the information for autonomous replication was cloned and sequenced. In contrast to the parental plasmid, derived minireplicons were unstably maintained. Using deletion analysis the fragment essential and sufficient for replication was delineated to 1.1 kb. This 1.1 kb fragment is located between two divergently transcribed genes, denoted orfA and orfB, neither of which is required for replication. orfA shows homology to the B.subtilis chromosomal genes rapA (spoOL, gsiA) and rapB (spoOP). The 1.1 kb fragment, which is characterized by the presence of several regions of dyad symmetry, contains no open reading frames of more than 85 codons and shows no similarity with other known plasmid replicons. The structural organization of the pLS20 minimal replicon is entirely different from that of typical rolling circle plasmids from Gram-positive bacteria. The pLS20 minireplicons replicate in polA5 and recA4 B.subtilis strains. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that pLS20 belongs to a new class of theta replicons.

SUBMITTER: Meijer WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC307180 | biostudies-other | 1995 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Characterization of the replication region of the Bacillus subtilis plasmid pLS20: a novel type of replicon.

Meijer W J WJ   de Boer A J AJ   van Tongeren S S   Venema G G   Bron S S  

Nucleic acids research 19950801 16


A 3.1 kb fragment of the large (approximately 55 kb) Bacillus subtilis plasmid pLS20 containing all the information for autonomous replication was cloned and sequenced. In contrast to the parental plasmid, derived minireplicons were unstably maintained. Using deletion analysis the fragment essential and sufficient for replication was delineated to 1.1 kb. This 1.1 kb fragment is located between two divergently transcribed genes, denoted orfA and orfB, neither of which is required for replication  ...[more]

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