The Nucleotide Sequence of a 39 kb Segment of Yeast Chromosome IV: 12 New Open Reading Frames, Nine Known Genes and One Gene for Gly-tRNA

Yeast ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ BAHR ◽  
SABINE MÖLLER-RIEKER ◽  
THOMAS HANKELN ◽  
CHRISTIANE KRAEMER ◽  
URSULA PROTIN ◽  
...  
2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 1896-1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Recktenwald ◽  
Herbert Schmidt

ABSTRACT In this study we determined the complete nucleotide sequence of Shiga toxin 2e-encoding bacteriophage φP27, isolated from the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli patient isolate 2771/97. φP27 is integrated as a prophage in the chromosomal yecE gene. This integration generates identity segments of attL and attR sites with lengths of 11 nucleotides. The integrated prophage genome has a size of 42,575 bp. We identified 58 open reading frames (ORFs), each with a length of >150 nucleotides. The deduced proteins of 44 ORFs showed significant homologies to other proteins present in sequence databases, whereas 14 putative proteins did not. For 29 proteins, we could deduce a putative function. Most of these are related to the basic phage propagation cycle. The φP27 genome represents a mosaic composed of genetic elements which are obviously derived from related and unrelated phages. We identified five short linker sequences of 22 to 151 bp in the φP27 sequence which have also been detected in a couple of other lambdoid phages. These linkers are located between functional modules in the phage genome and are thought to play a role in genetic recombination. Although the overall DNA sequence of φP27 is not highly related to other known phages, the data obtained demonstrate a typical lambdoid genome structure.


2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 1220-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Hashimoto ◽  
Mitsuru Fukui ◽  
Kouichi Hayano ◽  
Masahito Hayatsu

ABSTRACT Rhizobium sp. strain AC100, which is capable of degrading carbaryl (1-naphthyl-N-methylcarbamate), was isolated from soil treated with carbaryl. This bacterium hydrolyzed carbaryl to 1-naphthol and methylamine. Carbaryl hydrolase from the strain was purified to homogeneity, and its N-terminal sequence, molecular mass (82 kDa), and enzymatic properties were determined. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed 1-naphthyl acetate and 4-nitrophenyl acetate indicating that the enzyme is an esterase. We then cloned the carbaryl hydrolase gene (cehA) from the plasmid DNA of the strain and determined the nucleotide sequence of the 10-kb region containing cehA. No homologous sequences were found by a database homology search using the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the cehA gene. Six open reading frames including the cehA gene were found in the 10-kb region, and sequencing analysis shows that the cehA gene is flanked by two copies of insertion sequence-like sequence, suggesting that it makes part of a composite transposon.


2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
pp. 3149-3155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Huang ◽  
Dora Chin-Yen Koh ◽  
Li-Juan Weng ◽  
Min-Li Chang ◽  
Yun-Kiam Yap ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The complete nucleotide sequence of hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus (HCRSV) was determined. The genomic RNA (gRNA) is 3,911 nucleotides long and has the potential to encode seven viral proteins in the order of 28 (p28), 23 (p23), 81 (p81), 8 (p8), 9 (p9), 38 (p38), and 25 (p25) kDa. Excluding two unique open reading frames (ORFs) encoding p23 and p25, the ORFs encode proteins with high amino acid similarity to those of carmoviruses. In addition to gRNA, two 3′-coterminated subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) species were identified. Full-length cDNA clones derived from gRNA and sgRNA were constructed under the control of a T7 promoter. Both capped and uncapped transcripts derived from the full-length genomic cDNA clone were infectious. In vitro translation and mutagenesis assays confirmed that all the predicted ORFs except the ORF encoding p8 are translatable, and the two novel ORFs (those encoding p23 and p25) may be functionally indispensable for the viral infection cycle. Based on virion morphology and genome organization, we propose that HCRSV be classified as a new member of the genus Carmovirus in familyTombusviridae.


Yeast ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 1281-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Casamayor ◽  
Martí Aldea ◽  
Celia Casas ◽  
Enrique Herrero ◽  
Francisco-Javier Gamo ◽  
...  

Yeast ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 975-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Zumstein ◽  
Bruce M. Pearson ◽  
Angelos Kalogeropoulos ◽  
Michael Schweizer

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (14) ◽  
pp. 4477-4483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Fei Ma ◽  
Jian-Feng Wu ◽  
Sheng-Yue Wang ◽  
Cheng-Ying Jiang ◽  
Yun Zhang ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The nucleotide sequence of a new plasmid pCNB1 from Comamonas sp. strain CNB-1 that degrades 4-chloronitrobenzene (4CNB) was determined. pCNB1 belongs to the IncP-1β group and is 91,181 bp in length. A total of 95 open reading frames appear to be involved in (i) the replication, maintenance, and transfer of pCNB1; (ii) resistance to arsenate and chromate; and (iii) the degradation of 4CNB. The 4CNB degradative genes and arsenate resistance genes were located on an extraordinarily large transposon (44.5 kb), proposed as TnCNB1. TnCNB1 was flanked by two IS1071 elements and represents a new member of the composite I transposon family. The 4CNB degradative genes within TnCNB1 were separated by various truncated genes and genetic homologs from other DNA molecules. Genes for chromate resistance were located on another transposon that was similar to the Tn21 transposon of the class II replicative family that is frequently responsible for the mobilization of mercury resistance genes. Resistance to arsenate and chromate were experimentally confirmed, and transcriptions of arsenate and chromate resistance genes were demonstrated by reverse transcription-PCR. These results described a new member of the IncP-1β plasmid family, and the findings suggest that gene deletion and acquisition as well as genetic rearrangement of DNA molecules happened during the evolution of the 4CNB degradation pathway on pCNB1.


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