High spontaneous mutation rate in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by transposable elements

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Martusewitsch, E
Sensen, CW
Schleper, C
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[1] Tech Univ Darmstadt, Inst Microbiol & Genet, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
[2] Natl Res Council Canada, Inst Marine Biosci, Halifax, NS B3H 3Z1, Canada
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10.1128/JB.182.9.2574-2581.2000
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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We have isolated uracil-auxotrophic mutants of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus in order to explore the genomic stability and mutational frequencies of this organism and to identify complementable recipients for a selectable genetic transformation system, Positive selection of spontaneous mutants resistant to 5-fluoroorotate yielded uracil auxotrophs with frequencies of between 10(-4) and 10(-5) per sensitive, viable cell. Four different, nonhomologous insertion sequences (ISs) were identified at different positions within the chromosomal pyrEF locus of these mutants. They ranged in size from 1,058 to 1,439 bp and possessed properties typical of known transposable elements, i,e,, terminal inverted repeats, flanking duplicated target sequences, and putative transposase genes encoding motifs that are indicative of the IS4-IS5 IS element families. Between 12 and 25 copies of each IS element were found in chromosomal DNAs by Southern analyses. While characteristic fingerprint patterns created by IS element-specific probes were observed with genomic DNA of different S. solfataricus strains, no homologous sequences were identified in DNA of other well-characterized strains of the order Sulfolobales.
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