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  • Title: Site-specific mutations in the traI relaxase and upstream region of plasmid RP4.
    Author: Cole SP, Guiney DG.
    Journal: Plasmid; 1995 Nov; 34(3):236-9. PubMed ID: 8825378.
    Abstract:
    The relaxase of RP4 nicks the double-stranded plasmid at the oriT site and binds covalently to DNA at the 5' end of the nick. The 80-kDa relaxase (TraI) is encoded on an operon with several overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). The importance in conjugation of a short ORF (traX) with a start site overlapping the 5' terminus of traI was investigated, as well as the effects of specific mutations in the relaxase. Elimination of TraX reduced the transfer efficiency by approximately 50% in several intergeneric matings, especially when Escherichia coli was the donor. While TraI was essential for transfer to occur, deletion of the C-terminus of TraI decreased, but did not eliminate plasmid transfer. Mutation of the active site tyrosine resulted in residual transfer associated with amino acid misincorporation.
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