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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The murB gene of Salmonella typhimurium was cloned and found to be 75% and 82% identical to the DNA and protein sequences, respectively, of the same gene in Escherichia coli. These identities are among the lowest recorded between the two bacteria. Nevertheless, wild-type S. typhimurium murB complemented the known temperature-sensitive E. coli mutant, and wild-type E. coli murB complemented three temperature-sensitive mutants of S. typhimurium. The 5S rRNA gene, rrfB, and the region between murB and rrfB were also cloned and sequenced. The rrfB gene of S. typhimurium differs from rrfB of E. coli in only 2 of 120 nt, but the region between murB and rrfB has diverged greatly and includes a sequence that closely resembles a repetitive extragenic palindrome of the type normally associated with E. coli. Previous comparisons of gene divergence have suggested that the chromosomal mutation rate is lower in the vicinity of the origin of replication. However, the S. typhimurium murB gene, located 6 map minutes from the origin of replication, is highly substituted at synonymous sites and the sequence between murB and rrfB is significantly modified as well. Thus, murB is an exception to the general observation that genes near the origin of replication show less divergence than do genes elsewhere in the bacterial chromosome.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0302-8933
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:geneSymbol
murB, rrfB
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-RNA, Ribosomal, 5S, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Salmonella typhimurium, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8048842-Temperature
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Sequence divergence of the murB and rrfB genes from Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 58202-9001.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.