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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
F-like plasmids require a number of genes for conjugation, including tra operon genes and genes traM and traJ, which lie outside the tra operon. We now establish that a gene in the "leading region," gene 19, provides an important function during conjugation and RNA phage infection. Mutational inactivation of gene 19 on plasmid R1-16 by introduction of two nonpolar stop codons results in a 10-fold decrease in the conjugation frequency. Furthermore, infection studies with the male-specific bacteriophage R17 revealed that the phage is not able to form clear plaques in Escherichia coli cells carrying an R1-16 plasmid with the defective copy of gene 19. The total number of cells infected by phage R17 is reduced by a factor of 10. Both the conjugation- and infection-attenuated phenotypes caused by the defective gene 19 can be complemented in trans by introducing gene 19 alleles encoding the wild-type protein. Restoration of the normal phenotypes is also possible by introduction of the pilT gene encoded by the unrelated IncI plasmid R64. Our functional studies and similarities of protein 19 to proteins encoded by other DNA transfer systems, as well as the presence of a conserved motif in all of these proteins (indicative for a putative muramidase activity) suggest that protein 19 of plasmid R1 facilitates the passage of DNA during conjugation and entry of RNA during phage infection.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
177
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4279-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene 19 of plasmid R1 is required for both efficient conjugative DNA transfer and bacteriophage R17 infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Mikrobiologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article
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