期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 305, 期 2, 页码 224-229出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.12.020
关键词
TraB; FtsK/SpoIIIE; Plasmid transfer; Type IV secretion; Conjugation
资金
- DFG [SFB766]
Conjugation is a major route of horizontal gene transfer, an important driving force in the evolution of bacterial genomes. Since antibiotic producing streptomycetes represent a natural reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, the Streptomyces conjugation system might have a particular role in the dissemination of the resistance genes. Streptomycetes transfer DNA in a unique process, clearly distinguished from the well-known DNA-transfer by type IV secretion systems. A single plasmid-encoded DNA-translocase, TraB, transfers a double-stranded DNA-molecule to the recipient. Elucidation of the structure, pore forming ability and DNA binding characteristics of TraB indicated that the TraB conjugation system is derived from an FtsK-like ancestor protein suggesting that Streptomyces adapted the FtsK/SpoIIIE chromosome segregation system to transfer DNA between two distinct Streptomyces cells. Following the primary transfer, a multiprotein DNA-translocation apparatus consisting of TraB and several Spd-proteins spreads the newly transferred DNA to the neighbouring mycelial compartments resulting in the rapid colonization of the recipient mycelium by the donor DNA. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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