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. 1994 Jul;176(13):4160–4164. doi: 10.1128/jb.176.13.4160-4164.1994

Amino acid sequence homology between Piv, an essential protein in site-specific DNA inversion in Moraxella lacunata, and transposases of an unusual family of insertion elements.

A G Lenich 1, A C Glasgow 1
PMCID: PMC205616  PMID: 8021196

Abstract

Deletion analysis of the subcloned DNA inversion region of Moraxella lacunata indicates that Piv is the only M. lacunata-encoded factor required for site-specific inversion of the tfpQ/tfpI pilin segment. The predicted amino acid sequence of Piv shows significant homology solely with the transposases/integrases of a family of insertion sequence elements, suggesting that Piv is a novel site-specific recombinase.

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