Summary
By hybridizing the IncFVII haemolytic plasmid pSU233 with a probe containing the origin of transfer of the IncFII plasmid R1, we isolated a 1.9 kb BglII fragment containing at least the origin of transfer (oriT), and the genes traM and finP. Functional complementation analysis of deletion derivatives was used to map the origin of transfer. We also determined the nucleotide sequence of traM and finP. Comparison with similar regions of several plasmids, also belonging to the RepFIIA family, revelaed that pSU233 resembles the F plasmid by very close. The homology is not evenly distributed along this region, but clustered into homologous regions (TraZb-oriT, TraMb-oriT and traM separated by non-homologous regions (TraYb-oriT, finP). This organization resembles that reported for the replication region and also suggests evolution by exchange of modules. In addition, the nucleotide sequence of finP is different from those previously described for other IncF plasmids and constitutes a new allele, which we have denominated allele VI.
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Salazar, L., Lopéz, J., Andrés, I. et al. Characterization and nucleotide sequence of the orif-traM-finP region of the IncFVII plasmid pSU233. Molec. Gen. Genet. 234, 442–448 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00538704
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