PMID:2536753
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Citron, M, Velleman, M and Schuster, H (1989) Three additional operators, Op21, Op68, and Op88, of bacteriophage P1. Evidence for control of the P1 dam methylase by Op68. J. Biol. Chem. 264:3611-7 |
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| Abstract |
The repressor of bacteriophage P1, encoded by the c1 gene, is responsible for maintaining the P1 prophage in the lysogenic state. Previously, 11 c1 repressor binding sites or operators scattered over the whole genome of P1 have been found. From sequence analysis an asymmetric, 17-base pair consensus sequence, ATTGCTCTAATAAATTT, was derived. Using a synthetic 15-base-long oligodeoxyribonucleotide as operator probe, we have identified three additional operators. We have mapped the operators at the positions 21,68, and 88 of the P1 genome and determined their sequence. These operators are controlled by c1 because corresponding P1 DNA fragments (i) require c1 repressor in vivo in order to be clonable in multicopy plasmids, (ii) exhibit a c1-repressible promoter activity, (iii) are retarded by c1 repressor protein during electrophoresis, and (iv) contain the 17-base pair consensus sequence with one mismatch base each. Furthermore, we suggest that expression of the DNA adenine methylase (dam) encoded by P1 is controlled via Op68. |
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Bacteriophages/enzymology; Bacteriophages/genetics; Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; DNA Probes; DNA Restriction Enzymes; DNA, Recombinant; DNA, Viral/genetics; Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; Escherichia coli/genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Operator Regions, Genetic; Plasmids; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Repressor Proteins/genetics; Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)/genetics; Transformation, Bacterial |
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