Active segregation by the Bacillus subtilis partitioning system in Escherichia coli

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Yamaichi, Y
Niki, H
机构
[1] Kumamoto Univ, Inst Mol Embryol & Genet, Div Mol Cell Biol, Kumamoto 8620976, Japan
[2] Japan Sci & Technol Corp, Precursory Res Embryon Sci & Technol, Unit Proc & Combined Circuit, Kumamoto 8620976, Japan
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10.1073/pnas.97.26.14656
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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摘要
Bacterial genes required for proper partitioning consist of two transacting genes that encode proteins and a cis-acting gene that functions like a centromere. Plasmids actively partitioning by means of these genes migrate from midcell to the cell quarters and are tethered to these sites until the cells divide. previously the partitioning genes were mainly found on plasmids and phages in Escherichia coli. However, progress in genome sequencing reveals that partitioning genes are ubiquitous in many bacterial plasmids and chromosomes. Each homologue of the two transacting genes belongs to a family, ParA or ParB. Moreover, phylogenic analysis of members of the ParA and ParB families indicates that each member falls into a chromosomal group or an extrachromosomal group. It is known that the parAB genes in the chromosomal group are located on relatively conserved chromosomal regions in several bacterial species. This suggests that the parAB genes were transferred from a chromosome to plasmids and phages, so the genes have diverged among bacterial species. To support this possibility, we show that the Bacillus subtilis Soj and SpoOJ members of the ParAB families are responsible for the specific localization of plasmids at cell quarters in E. coli and can function as partition proteins. Host factors to tether actively partitioning plasmids at subcellular sites may be conserved in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria so that phages and plasmids with the ParAB partitioning system can he stably inherited in host cells across bacterial species.
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