Abstract:
:The group A streptococcal emm-like genes, which encode the cell-surface M and M-like proteins, are divided into distinct mrp, emm and enn subdivisions and are clustered together in a region of the chromosome called the vir regulon. In order to understand the mechanisms involved in the evolution of emm-like genes, a 180 bp fragment of the 5' variable region of the enn gene was characterized in 31 strains for which emm sequences and multilocus enzyme electrophoretic profiles have been previously determined. The results demonstrate that nucleotide polymorphisms at the enn locus are generated predominantly by point mutations and short deletions or insertions, and that variation among enn and emm genes has arisen by similar mechanisms. However, diversity at the enn locus is restricted in comparison to the emm locus. Moreover, there is strong evidence for intragenic recombination at the enn locus and the pattern of distribution of emm and enn alleles among strains suggests that these genes may be independently acquired by horizontal transfer and recombination from distinct donor strains, thereby generating a mosaic structure for the vir regulon. The results add to a growing body of evidence that horizontal gene transfer has played a major role in the evolution of Streptococcus pyogenes vir regulons.
journal_name
Mol Microbioljournal_title
Molecular microbiologyauthors
Whatmore AM,Kapur V,Musser JM,Kehoe MAdoi
10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02279.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-03-01 00:00:00pages
1039-48issue
6eissn
0950-382Xissn
1365-2958journal_volume
15pub_type
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