Unusual insertion element polymorphisms in the promoter and terminator regions of the mucAB-like genes of R471a and R446b

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We have previously identified umu-complementing genes on two incL/M plasmids, R471a and R446b (C. Ho et al., J. Bacteriol., 175 (1993) 5411–5419). Molecular analysis of these genes revealed that they are more structurally and functionally related to mucAB from the incN plasmid pKM101 than to other members of the previously identified Umu-like family. As a consequence, we have termed these new homologs mucAB(R471a) and mucAB(R446b) respectively. Interestingly, while the location of the mucAB-like genes is essentially the same in both R471a and R446b, the regions immediately flanking the mucAB-like genes are highly polymorphic. For example, 5′ to mucAB(R471a) we found an insert that appears to be a novel retroelement encoding a putative reverse transcriptase (RT). This RT is related to the reverse transcriptases encoded by group II introns but is embedded in a retron-like context. Immediately 3′ to the mucAB(R471a) locus is a putative insertion element of a sparsely-dispersed class not previously reported from enteric bacteria. Both the RT and insertion element are absent in R446b. These observations suggest that the mucAB-like genes from R471a and R446b are located within regions of the R-plasmids that perhaps were once (or still are) mobile genetic elements. Such observations might help explain the distribution of umu-like genes on R-plasmids and bacterial chromosomes.

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