Nucleic Acids Research, 1986, Vol. 14, No. 11 4453-4469
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The trfB region of broad host range plasmid RK2: the nucleotlde sequence reveals incC and key regulatory gene trfB/korA/korD as overlapping genes
Department of Genetics, University of Birmingham PO Box 363, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
*To whom correspondence should be addressed
Received March 26, 1986. Revised May 12, 1986. Accepted May 12, 1986.
We report the nucleotide sequence of the trfB region of broad host range plasmid RK2. This region encodes the following loci: trfB, identical to korA and korD, which encodes a key transcriptional repressor of certain RK2 operona; incC, which appears to be involved in plasoid maintenance, possibly through post-tranacriptional regulation of trfA product levels; the start of korB, which encodes a second transcriptional repressor of operons involved in stable inheritance of RK2. These loci are expressed as part of the trfB operon. In combination with deletion analysis, transcriptional and translation fusions and ‘maxicell’ analysis of polypeptides, the DNA sequence allows a number of conclusions to be drawn. First, the korB ORF start codon overlaps the IncC ORP stop codon, suggesting the possibility of translational coupling between these two genes. Second, the trfB ORF lies entirely within the first third of the incC ORF using a different phase. Third, the incC ORF appears to contain a second transcriptional start whose function appears to be coupled to translation of the trfB ORF. Analysis of codon usage in the region of overlap between IncC and trfB suggests that the IncC gene may have evolved before the trfB gene. Determination of the DNA sequence of a mutant in which the product of trfB is rendered defective for transcriptional repression reveals an amino acid alteration within a region of this polypeptide which exhibits homology to the 
helix-turn-helix motif characteristic of many DNA binding proteins, and which is probably responsible for recognition of the trfB operator by this protein.
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