The PagN protein mediates invasion via interaction with proteoglycan |
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Authors: | Matthew A Lambert & Stephen GJ Smith |
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Institution: | Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China |
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Abstract: | Streptomyces linear plasmids start replication at centrally located loci, usually consisting of iterons and adjacent rep genes. Here, we identified four new replication loci from Streptomyces linear plasmids. A discontinuous locus, consisting of two genes and iterons separated by two nonessential genes, was required for replication of pRL2 in both linear and circular modes. A temperature-sensitive plasmid, pRL4, contained a replication locus, a noncoding sequence and a SAP1.35 -like gene. A telomere-adjacent locus, another noncoding sequence and SAP1.1 -like gene, was identified for replication of the large plasmid pFRL2. The replication locus of pSHK1 consisted of SCP1- rep -like genes and iterons. These results indicate an unexpected variety of components, positions and combinations of replication loci among Streptomyces linear plasmids. |
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Keywords: | Streptomyces linear plasmids replication origins |
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