Characterization of the novel nisin-sucrose conjugative transposon Tn5276 and its insertion in Lactococcus lactis

Journal of Bacteriology - Tập 174 Số 4 - Trang 1280-1287 - 1992
Peter Rauch1, Willem M. de Vos1
1Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Netherlands Institute for Dairy Research (NIZO), Ede.

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A novel, chromosomally located conjugative transposon in Lactococcus lactis, Tn5276, was identified and characterized. It encodes the production of and immunity to nisin, a lanthionine-containing peptide with antimicrobial activity, and the capacity to utilize sucrose via a phosphotransferase system. Conjugal transfer of Tn5276 was demonstrated from L. lactis NIZO R5 to different L. lactis strains and a recombination-deficient mutant. The integration of Tn5276 into the plasmid-free strain MG1614 was analyzed by using probes based on the gene for the nisin precursor (nisA) and the gene for sucrose-6-phosphate hydrolase (sacA). The transposon inserted at various locations in the MG1614 chromosome and showed a preference for orientation-specific insertion into a single target site (designated site 1). By using restriction mapping in combination with field inversion gel electrophoresis and DNA cloning of various parts of the element including its left and right ends, a physical map of the 70-kb Tn5276 was constructed, and the nisA and sacA genes were located. The nucleotide sequences of Tn5276 junctions in donor strain NIZO R5 and in site 1 of an MG1614-derived transconjugant were determined and compared with that of site 1 in recipient strain MG1614. The results show that the A + T-rich ends of Tn5276 are flanked by a direct hexanucleotide repeat in both the donor and the transconjugant but that the element does not contain a clear inverted repeat.

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Journal of Bacteriology

Tập 174 Số 4

1280-1287

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