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. 1994 Apr;176(8):2265–2271. doi: 10.1128/jb.176.8.2265-2271.1994

Tn10-mediated inversions fuse uridine phosphorylase (udp) and rRNA genes of Escherichia coli.

M Fonstein 1, T Nikolskaya 1, D Zaporojets 1, Y Nikolsky 1, S Kulakauskas 1, A Mironov 1
PMCID: PMC205348  PMID: 7512551

Abstract

Two strains carrying metE::Tn10 insertions (upstream of the udp gene) were used to isolate mutants of Escherichia coli overexpressing udp. These strains differ in their gene order; one contains an inversion between the rrnD and rrnE rRNA operons. Selection was based on the ability of overexpressed Udp to complement thymine auxotrophy. Chromosomal rearrangements that connect the udp gene and promoters of different rrn operons were obtained by this selection. Seven of 14 independent mutants selected in one of the initial strains contained similar inversions of the metE-rrnD segment of the chromosome (about 12% of its length). Another mutant contained traces of a more complicated event, inversion between rrnB and rrnG operons, which was followed by reinversion of the segment between metE and the hybrid rrnG/B operon. Similar inversions (udp-rrn) in a strain already carrying an rrnE-rrnD inversion flip the chromosomal segment between metE and rrnD/E in the opposite direction. In this case, inversions are also accompanied by duplications of the chromosomal region between the rrnA and hybrid udp-rrnD/E operons. PCR amplification with a set of oligonucleotides from the rrn, Tn5, and met genes was used for more detailed mapping. Amplified fragments of the rearranged chromosomes connecting rrnD sequences and insertion elements were sequenced, and inversion endpoints were established.

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