The Generation of Concatemeric Plasmid DNA in Bacillus Subtilis As a Consequence of Bacteriophage SPP1 Infection

Overview

Journal Nucleic Acids Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1990 Aug 25

PMID 2118621

Citations 7

Authors

A Bravo

J C Alonso

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Abstract

Bacteriophage SPP1 infection of Bacillus subtilis cells bearing plasmids induces the synthesis of multigenome-length plasmid molecules. Two independent pathways can account for this synthesis. In one of those, homology to the phage genome is required, whereas in the other such homology is not a prerequisite. In wild type cells both modes overlap. In dnaB(Ts), at non permissive temperature, or in recE polA strains the main concatemeric plasmid replication mode is the homology-dependent plasmid (hdp) mode. The rate of recombination-dependent concatemeric plasmid DNA synthesis is a consequence of a phage-plasmid interaction which leads to chimeric phage::plasmid DNA. The second mode, which is an homology-independent plasmid (hip) mode seems to be triggered upon the synthesis of a phage encoded product(s) (e.g. inactivation of the exonuclease V enzyme).

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