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Mitochondrial minicircle DNA supports plasmid replication and maintenance in nuclei of Trypanosoma brucei.


ABSTRACT: In a search for trypanosome DNA sequences that permit replication and stable maintenance of extrachromosomal elements, a 1-kilobase-pair (kbp) fragment from a mitochondrial kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle of Trypanosoma brucei was isolated and characterized. The plasmid pTbo-1, carrying the kDNA element, is maintained in T. brucei as a supercoiled concatemer containing approximately seven to nine pTbo-1 monomer units (5.6 kbp each) in a head-to-tail orientation. The concatemer is found in approximately one copy per cell when procyclic trypanosomes are cultured in the presence of 100 micrograms of hygromycin per ml; however, in the absence of continuous hygromycin selection, the plasmid is lost from the population with a t1/2 of approximately 8.7 days (17 cell generations). A second unrelated kDNA minicircle was also able to serve as an autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) element in T. brucei, suggesting that this is a general property of kDNA minicircles. Replication of mitochondrial DNA in the nucleus may be due to either a specific consensus sequence (such as in yeast ARS elements) or nonspecific sequence characteristics (such as the degree of A&T-richness or bent DNA).

SUBMITTER: Metzenberg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC44117 | biostudies-other | 1994 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Mitochondrial minicircle DNA supports plasmid replication and maintenance in nuclei of Trypanosoma brucei.

Metzenberg S S   Agabian N N  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19940601 13


In a search for trypanosome DNA sequences that permit replication and stable maintenance of extrachromosomal elements, a 1-kilobase-pair (kbp) fragment from a mitochondrial kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle of Trypanosoma brucei was isolated and characterized. The plasmid pTbo-1, carrying the kDNA element, is maintained in T. brucei as a supercoiled concatemer containing approximately seven to nine pTbo-1 monomer units (5.6 kbp each) in a head-to-tail orientation. The concatemer is found in appr  ...[more]

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