Cis Element:dif

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Cis element summary table

Standard Name

dif

Synonyms

deletion-induced filamentation

Function

Recombination site in terminus

Location
  • 34.2 minutes in MG1655
  • 33.6 minutes in AB1157 [1]
SO terms


Notes

Location and Sequence

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MG1655

34.2 minutes

MG1655: 1588774..1588801
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Notes

The site is a 28bp sequence located in the "dif activity zone" (DAZ).

Interactions

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Partner Type Partner Notes References Evidence

Protein

XerC

PMID:11114887[2]

Protein

XerD

PMID:11114887[2]



Notes

Mutant alleles and phenotypes

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Allele Nt change(s) Phenotype: Type Phenotype: Description Reference Availability Comments

Δdif

Growth Phenotype

  • subpopulation of filamentous cells with abnormal nucleoids
  • induction of the SOS repair system

PMID:1657123[1]



Notes

Genetic Resources

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Resource Resource Type Source Notes/Reference

pSDC124

Plasmid Clone

pUC18-based dif reporter

PMID:1931824[3]

pFC238

Plasmid Clone

pGB2-based dif reporter

PMID:10523315[4]

pFH127

Plasmid Clone

pGB2ts-based dif reporter carrying one dif site

PMID:9067608[5]

NL Strains

Strain

This paper lists a variety of different dif deletions and other constructs designed to test the dif locus

PMID:7729430[6]

Notes

  • One way to test the resolution competency at the dif activity zone (DAZ) or individual dif sites is to perform plasmid dimer resolution assays[7], or dif-Km-dif excision assays[8].
  • dif must be located in the terminus region for proper function[6].

Accessions

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Database Accession Notes

eric

dif



Notes

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kuempel, PL et al. (1991) dif, a recA-independent recombination site in the terminus region of the chromosome of Escherichia coli. New Biol. 3 799-811 PubMed
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barre, FX et al. (2000) FtsK functions in the processing of a Holliday junction intermediate during bacterial chromosome segregation. Genes Dev. 14 2976-88 PubMed
  3. ↑ Blakely, G et al. (1991) Escherichia coli XerC recombinase is required for chromosomal segregation at cell division. New Biol. 3 789-98 PubMed
  4. ↑ Recchia, GD et al. (1999) FtsK-dependent and -independent pathways of Xer site-specific recombination. EMBO J. 18 5724-34 PubMed
  5. ↑ Hayes, F & Sherratt, DJ (1997) Recombinase binding specificity at the chromosome dimer resolution site dif of Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 266 525-37 PubMed
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Leslie, NR & Sherratt, DJ (1995) Site-specific recombination in the replication terminus region of Escherichia coli: functional replacement of dif. EMBO J. 14 1561-70 PubMed
  7. ↑ Yates, J et al. (2003) Species specificity in the activation of Xer recombination at dif by FtsK. Mol. Microbiol. 49 241-9 PubMed
  8. ↑ Pérals, K et al. (2000) Functional polarization of the Escherichia coli chromosome terminus: the dif site acts in chromosome dimer resolution only when located between long stretches of opposite polarity. Mol. Microbiol. 36 33-43 PubMed

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