Open AccessMode of Transposition and Expression of 16S rRNA Methyltransferase Gene rmtC Accompanied by IS Ecp1
Author(s) -
Jun-ichi Wachino,
Kunikazu Yamane,
Kouji Kimura,
Naohiro Shibata,
Satowa Suzuki,
Yasuyoshi Ike,
Yoshichika Arakawa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00550-06
Subject(s) - transposase , transposition (logic) , plasmid , escherichia coli , transposable element , gene , insertion sequence , methyltransferase , microbiology and biotechnology , dna transposable elements , chemistry , gene expression , biology , genetics , mathematics , methylation , genome , geometry
A newly identified 16S rRNA methyltransferase gene,rmtC , was accompanied by an ISEcp1 element at its 5′ end. This ISEcp1 element, which contained a transposase gene,tnpA , provided a promoter activity for expression of the adjacentrmtC ; and this structure enabled thermtC gene to be transposed onto another plasmid inEscherichia coli .