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Characterization of a Cryptic Rolling-Circle Replication Plasmid pMK8 from Enterococcus durans 1–8

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A novel cryptic plasmid from Enterococcus durans 1–8, designated as pMK8, was sequenced and analyzed in this study. It consists of 3337 bp with a G + C content of 33.11%. Sequence analysis… Click to show full abstract

A novel cryptic plasmid from Enterococcus durans 1–8, designated as pMK8, was sequenced and analyzed in this study. It consists of 3337 bp with a G + C content of 33.11%. Sequence analysis of pMK8 revealed three putative open reading frames (ORFs). Based on homology, two of them were identified as genes encoding replication initiation (RepC) and mobilization (Mob) protein, respectively. Sequence analysis revealed a pT181 family double-strand origin (dso) and a putative single-strand origin (sso) located upstream of the repC gene. Sequence homology analysis indicated that the sso belongs to the ssoW family. Southern hybridization confirmed the presence of single-strand DNA (ssDNA) intermediates, suggesting that pMK8 replicates via the RCR mechanism. Furthermore, the relative copy number of pMK8 was estimated by real-time PCR to be 175 ± 14 copies in each cell.

Keywords: pmk8; enterococcus durans; replication; plasmid; characterization cryptic

Journal Title: Current Microbiology
Year Published: 2018

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