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. 1987 Apr;169(4):1724–1730. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.4.1724-1730.1987

Requirement of the Escherichia coli dnaA gene function for ori-2-dependent mini-F plasmid replication.

Y Murakami, H Ohmori, T Yura, T Nagata
PMCID: PMC212005  PMID: 3031019

Abstract

The mini-F plasmids pSC138, pKP1013, and pKV513 were unable to transform Escherichia coli cells with a dnaA-defective mutation under nonpermissive conditions. The dnaA defect was suppressed for host chromosome replication either by the simultaneous presence of the rnh-199 (amber) mutation or by prophage P2 sig5 integrated at the attP2II locus on the chromosome, both providing new origins for replication independent of dnaA function. The dnaA mutations tested were dnaA17, dnaA5, and dnaA46. dnaA5 and dnaA46 are missense mutations. dnaA17 is an amber mutation whose activity is controlled by the temperature-sensitive amber suppressor supF6. Under permissive conditions in which active DnaA protein was available, the mini-F plasmids efficiently transformed the cells. However, the transformants lost the plasmid as the cells multiplied under conditions in which DnaA protein was inactivated or its synthesis was arrested. As controls, plasmids pSC101 and pBR322 were examined along with mini-F; pSC101 behaved in the same manner as mini-F, showing complete dependence on dnaA for stable maintenance, whereas pBR322 was indifferent to the dnaA defect. Thus, ori-2-dependent mini-F plasmid replication seems to require active dnaA gene function. This notion was strengthened by the results of deletion analysis which revealed that integrity of at least one of the two DnaA boxes present as a tandem repeat in ori-2 was required for the origin activity of mini-F replication.

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