Nucleotide sequence and transcriptional analysis of the type A2 neurotoxin gene cluster in Clostridium botulinum

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作者
Dineen, SS [1 ]
Bradshaw, M [1 ]
Karasek, CE [1 ]
Johnson, EA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Food Microbiol & Toxicol, Madison, WI 53706 USA
关键词
Clostridium botulinum; botulinum neurotoxin; toxin complex;
D O I
10.1016/j.femsle.2004.04.002
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The nucleotide sequences of the upstream regions of the botulinum neurotoxin type A1 (BoNT/A1) cluster of Clostridium bottilinum strain NCTC 2916 and the BoNT/A2 cluster of strain Kyoto-F were determined. A novel gene, designated orfx3, was identified following the orfx2 gene in both clusters. ORF-X2 and ORF-X3 exhibit similarity to the BoNT cluster associated P-47 protein. The BoNT/A1 and BoNT/A2 Clusters share a similar gene arrangement, but exhibit differences in the spacing between certain genes. Sequences with similarity to transposases were identified in these intergenic regions, suggesting that these differences arose from an ancestral insertion event. Transcriptional analysis of the BoNT/A2 cluster revealed that the genes of the cluster are primarily synthesized as three polycistronic transcripts. Two divergent polycistronic transcripts, one encoding the orfx1, orfx2, and orfx3 genes. the second encoding the p47, ntnh, and bont/a2 genes, are transcribed from conserved BoNT cluster promoters. The third polycistronic transcript, expressed at low levels, encodes the positive regulatory botR gene and the orfx genes. This is the first complete analysis of a botulinum toxin A2 cluster. (C) 2004 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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