Sense and antisense transcripts of traM, a conjugal transfer gene of the antibiotic resistance plasmid R100.

Abstract:

:The region of the antibiotic resistance plasmid R100 that encodes the plasmid-specific transfer gene traM has two tandemly aligned promoters separated by 145 nucleotides. The principal transcripts are 705 and 562 nucleotides long. Minor transcripts are 1550 and 1700 nucleotides long. The 705-base transcript appears to encode an 11 kD traM protein. The 562-base transcript does not encode a detectable protein. When subcloned on short fragments, the promoter for the 562-base transcript initiates efficiently but that for the 705 site does not. The 3' ends of the 705 and 562 base transcripts end inside the traJ ORF. Thus they provide additional sense RNA to compete with traJ for finP, the antisense translational regulator of traJ. A model is proposed for the participation of these sense and antisense transcripts in the control of expression of the traJ gene.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Dempsey WB

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00202.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-04-01 00:00:00

pages

561-70

issue

4

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

journal_volume

3

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