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  • Title: Transposon-mediated site-specific recombination: identification of three binding sites for resolvase at the res sites of gamma delta and Tn3.
    Author: Grindley ND, Lauth MR, Wells RG, Wityk RJ, Salvo JJ, Reed RR.
    Journal: Cell; 1982 Aug; 30(1):19-27. PubMed ID: 6290077.
    Abstract:
    The tnpR gene product, resolvase, of the transposable element gamma delta mediates site-specific recombination between two copies of gamma delta directly repeated on the same replicon, and it negatively regulates transcription of the tnpA (transposase) gene and its own gene. The recombinational site, res, and the regulatory region both are located in the tnpA-tnpR intercistronic region. In studying the interaction of purified resolvase with DNA fragments derived from gamma delta and the related transposon, Tn3, that span this region, we have demonstrated that three sites specifically bind resolvase. Site I overlaps the recombinational crossover point and both transcriptional promoters. Sites II and III cover most of the DNA between the crossover point and the translational start of the tnpR gene. These are the only binding sites we have detected in a region of about 400 base pairs centered on the crossover point. Studies of cointegrates that contain only part of the region that binds resolvase indicate that site I is not sufficient for efficient site-specific recombination and suggest that all three sites are probably required.
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