Bibliographies: 'PcrA; Plasmid copy number reduction A'

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Cook, L. C., and G. M. Dunny. "Effects of Biofilm Growth on Plasmid Copy Number and Expression of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Enterococcus faecalis." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 57, no. 4 (February 4, 2013): 1850–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.02010-12.

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ABSTRACTBiofilm growth causes increased average plasmid copy number as well as increased copy number heterogeneity inEnterococcus faecaliscells carrying plasmid pCF10. In this study, we examined whether biofilm growth affected the copy number and expression of antibiotic resistance determinants for several plasmids with diverse replication systems. Four differentE. faecalisplasmids, unrelated to pCF10, demonstrated increased copy number in biofilm cells. In biofilm cells, we also observed increased transcription of antibiotic resistance genes present on these plasmids. The increase in plasmid copy number correlated with increased plating efficiency on high concentrations of antibiotics. Single-cell analysis of strains carrying two different plasmids suggested that the increase in plasmid copy number associated with biofilm growth was restricted to a subpopulation of biofilm cells. Regrowth of harvested biofilm cells in liquid culture resulted in a rapid reduction of plasmid copy number to that observed in the planktonic state. These results suggest a possible mechanism by which biofilm growth could reduce susceptibility to antibiotics in clinical settings.

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Smith, M. Alex, and Michael J. Bidochka. "Bacterial fitness and plasmid loss: the importance of culture conditions and plasmid size." Canadian Journal of Microbiology 44, no. 4 (April 1, 1998): 351–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/w98-020.

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Several pBluescript-derived plasmids of various sizes were constructed to study the effects of multicopy plasmid size on bacterial fitness and plasmid loss. Transformed and untransformed bacterial clones were grown in media with or without ampicillin. Bacterial fitness (measured by growth rate), plasmid presence or absence, and plasmid copy number were assessed during successive subculturings. In selective media (minimal medium or Luria Broth plus ampicillin), the clone transformed with the largest plasmid (pBluescript with a 9000-bp insert) had a significantly longer lag phase than all other clones. In nonselective media the rate of plasmid loss during successive subculturings was greatest in the clone with the largest insert. The clone with the largest insert displayed a lower plasmid copy number than clones with a small insert or no insert at all. Plasmid loss in the form of segregational instability and plasmid copy number reduction in nonselective environments are important to the understanding of the evolution of the bacteria-plasmid associations and the appreciation of the potential for altering the genetic properties of a clone maintained or subcultured on a standard medium.Key words: pBluescript, plasmid, stress, fitness, starvation.

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Titok, Marina, Catherine Suski, Bérengère Dalmais, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Laurent Jannière. "The replicative polymerases PolC and DnaE are required for theta replication of the Bacillus subtilis plasmid pBS72." Microbiology 152, no. 5 (May 1, 2006): 1471–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.28693-0.

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Plasmids are the tools of choice for studying bacterial functions involved in DNA maintenance. Here a genetic study on the replication of a novel, low-copy-number, Bacillus subtilis plasmid, pBS72, is reported. The results show that two plasmid elements, the initiator protein RepA and an iteron-containing origin, and at least nine host-encoded replication proteins, the primosomal proteins DnaB, DnaC, DnaD, DnaG and DnaI, the DNA polymerases DnaE and PolC, and the polymerase cofactors DnaN and DnaX, are required for pBS72 replication. On the contrary, the cellular initiators DnaA and PriA, the helicase PcrA and DNA polymerase I are dispensable. From this, it is inferred that pBS72 replication is of the theta type and is initiated by an original mechanism. Indirect evidence suggests that during this process the DnaC helicase might be delivered to the plasmid origin by the weakly active DnaD pathway stimulated by a predicted interaction between DnaC and a domain of RepA homologous to the major DnaC-binding domain of the cellular initiator DnaA. The plasmid pBS72 replication fork appears to require the same functions as the bacterial chromosome and the unrelated plasmid pAMβ1. Most importantly, this replication machinery contains the two type C polymerases, PolC and DnaE. As the mechanism of initiation of the three genomes is substantially different, this suggests that both type C polymerases might be required in any Cairns replication in B. subtilis and presumably in other bacteria encoding PolC and DnaE.

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Percival-Smith, A., and J. Segall. "Increased copy number of the 5' end of the SPS2 gene inhibits sporulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Molecular and Cellular Biology 7, no. 7 (July 1987): 2484–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.7.7.2484.

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We found that the introduction into a yeast cell of a high-copy-number plasmid containing the 5' end of the SPS2 gene, a sporulation-specific gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, led to a reduction in the efficiency of spore formation. The plasmid pAP290, which contains the sequence from -138 to +152 of the SPS2 gene, caused a fivefold reduction in spore formation; the presence of the plasmid had no effect on transcription of the chromosomal SPS2 gene. A plasmid containing only the sequence upstream of the TATA box of the SPS2 gene (-350 to -68) was unable to inhibit the completion of sporulation, whereas the downstream sequence, from -70 to +404, although unable by itself to inhibit sporulation, could do so when provided with an upstream fragment containing the CYC1 upstream activation sequence. Deletion of 22 base pairs from pAP290, which introduced a frameshift after codon 17 of the SPS2 gene and reduced the open reading frame to 26 amino acids, generated a plasmid (pAP290 delta Pst) which could no longer inhibit sporulation. The SPS2 inserts of pAP290 and pAP290 delta Pst were found to direct equivalent levels of sporulation-specific transcription. We conclude from these results that the presence of both the SPS2 promoter (or a substitute promoter) and the initial coding sequence of the SPS2 gene is required in the high-copy-number plasmid to generate the asporogenous phenotype. We speculate that the accumulation of a protein containing the amino-terminal portion of the SPS2 gene product, synthesized from the transcripts of the truncated plasmid-borne copies of the SPS2 gene, prevents ascus formation.

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Percival-Smith, A., and J. Segall. "Increased copy number of the 5' end of the SPS2 gene inhibits sporulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Molecular and Cellular Biology 7, no. 7 (July 1987): 2484–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.7.7.2484-2490.1987.

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We found that the introduction into a yeast cell of a high-copy-number plasmid containing the 5' end of the SPS2 gene, a sporulation-specific gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, led to a reduction in the efficiency of spore formation. The plasmid pAP290, which contains the sequence from -138 to +152 of the SPS2 gene, caused a fivefold reduction in spore formation; the presence of the plasmid had no effect on transcription of the chromosomal SPS2 gene. A plasmid containing only the sequence upstream of the TATA box of the SPS2 gene (-350 to -68) was unable to inhibit the completion of sporulation, whereas the downstream sequence, from -70 to +404, although unable by itself to inhibit sporulation, could do so when provided with an upstream fragment containing the CYC1 upstream activation sequence. Deletion of 22 base pairs from pAP290, which introduced a frameshift after codon 17 of the SPS2 gene and reduced the open reading frame to 26 amino acids, generated a plasmid (pAP290 delta Pst) which could no longer inhibit sporulation. The SPS2 inserts of pAP290 and pAP290 delta Pst were found to direct equivalent levels of sporulation-specific transcription. We conclude from these results that the presence of both the SPS2 promoter (or a substitute promoter) and the initial coding sequence of the SPS2 gene is required in the high-copy-number plasmid to generate the asporogenous phenotype. We speculate that the accumulation of a protein containing the amino-terminal portion of the SPS2 gene product, synthesized from the transcripts of the truncated plasmid-borne copies of the SPS2 gene, prevents ascus formation.

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Vila, Pau, Jose L. Corchero, Antoni Benito, and Antonio Villaverde. "Ammonium-Mediated Reduction of Plasmid Copy Number and Recombinant Gene Expression in Escherichia coli." Biotechnology Progress 10, no. 6 (November 1994): 648–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bp00030a010.

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Slavcev, Roderick A., and Barbara E. Funnell. "Identification and Characterization of a Novel Allele of Escherichia coli dnaB Helicase That Compromises the Stability of Plasmid P1." Journal of Bacteriology 187, no. 4 (February 15, 2005): 1227–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.187.4.1227-1237.2005.

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ABSTRACT Bacteriophage P1 lysogenizes Escherichia coli cells as a plasmid with approximately the same copy number as the copy number of the host chromosome. Faithful inheritance of the plasmids relies upon proper DNA replication, as well as a partition system that actively segregates plasmids to new daughter cells. We genetically screened for E. coli chromosomal mutations that influenced P1 stability and identified a novel temperature-sensitive allele of the dnaB helicase gene (dnaB277) that replaces serine 277 with a leucine residue (DnaB S277L). This allele conferred a severe temperature-sensitive phenotype to the host; dnaB277 cells were not viable at temperatures above 34°C. Shifting dnaB277 cells to 42°C resulted in an immediate reduction in the rate of DNA synthesis and extensive cell filamentation. The dnaB277 allele destabilized P1 plasmids but had no significant influence on the stability of the F low-copy-number plasmid. This observation suggests that there is a specific requirement for DnaB in P1 plasmid maintenance in addition to the general requirement for DnaB as the replicative helicase during elongation.

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Robertson, Gregory T., Ann Reisenauer, Rachel Wright, Rasmus B. Jensen, Allen Jensen, Lucille Shapiro, and R. Martin Roop. "The Brucella abortus CcrM DNA Methyltransferase Is Essential for Viability, and Its Overexpression Attenuates Intracellular Replication in Murine Macrophages." Journal of Bacteriology 182, no. 12 (June 15, 2000): 3482–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.182.12.3482-3489.2000.

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ABSTRACT The CcrM DNA methyltransferase of the α-proteobacteria catalyzes the methylation of the adenine in the sequence GAnTC. Like Dam in the enterobacteria, CcrM plays a regulatory role in Caulobacter crescentus and Rhizobium meliloti. CcrM is essential for viability in both of these organisms, and we show here that it is also essential in Brucella abortus. Further, increased copy number of the ccrM gene results in striking changes inB. abortus morphology, DNA replication, and growth in murine macrophages. We generated strains that carryccrM either on a low-copy-number plasmid (strain GR131) or on a moderate-copy-number plasmid (strain GR132). Strain GR131 has wild-type morphology and chromosome number, as assessed by flow cytometry. In contrast, strain GR132 has abnormal branched morphology, suggesting aberrant cell division, and increased chromosome number. Although these strains exhibit different morphologies and DNA content, the replication of both strains in macrophages is attenuated. These data imply that the reduction in survival in host cells is not due solely to a cell division defect but is due to additional functions of CcrM. Because CcrM is essential in B. abortus and increased ccrMcopy number attenuates survival in host cells, we propose that CcrM is an appropriate target for new antibiotics.

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Kazic, T., and D. E. Berg. "Context effects in the formation of deletions in Escherichia coli." Genetics 126, no. 1 (September 1, 1990): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/genetics/126.1.17.

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Abstract We have examined the frequency with which identical deletions are formed in different chromosomal contexts. A panel of six mutant bla genes containing palindrome/direct repeat structures were moved from pBR322 to three locations: at lambda att, at chromosomal lac, and at F'lac. Deletion of the palindromes and one of the direct repeats results in reversion to Ampr. The frequency of deletion for all alleles declines beyond the reduction in copy number when they are moved from the multicopy plasmid environment to a single-copy chromosome. The magnitude of the declines varies in an allele-specific and location-specific manner. Our data support the hypothesis that context can influence the frequency of mutation independent of the immediate DNA sequence.

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Kwong, Stephen M., Ronald A. Skurray, and Neville Firth. "Replication Control of Staphylococcal Multiresistance Plasmid pSK41: an Antisense RNA Mediates Dual-Level Regulation of Rep Expression." Journal of Bacteriology 188, no. 12 (June 15, 2006): 4404–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00030-06.

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ABSTRACT Replication of staphylococcal multiresistance plasmid pSK41 is negatively regulated by the antisense transcript RNAI. pSK41 minireplicons bearing rnaI promoter (P rnaI ) mutations exhibited dramatic increases in copy number, approximately 40-fold higher than the copy number for the wild-type replicon. The effects of RNAI mutations on expression of the replication initiator protein (Rep) were evaluated using transcriptional and translational fusions between the rep control region and the cat reporter gene. The results suggested that when P rnaI is disrupted, the amount of rep mRNA increases and it becomes derepressed for translation. These effects were reversed when RNAI was provided in trans, demonstrating that it is responsible for significant negative regulation at two levels, with the greatest repression exerted on rep translation initiation. Mutagenesis provided no evidence for RNAI-mediated transcriptional attenuation as a basis for the observed reduction in rep message associated with expression of RNAI. However, RNA secondary-structure predictions and supporting mutagenesis data suggest a novel mechanism for RNAI-mediated repression of rep translation initiation, where RNAI binding promotes a steric transition in the rep mRNA leader to an alternative thermodynamically stable stem-loop structure that sequesters the rep translation initiation region, thereby preventing translation.

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