A high-copy-number plasmid capable of replication in thermophilic cyanobacteria
1999
Miyake, M. | Nagai, H. | Shirai, M. | Kurane, R. | Asada, Y.
A 2.5 kb high-copy-number plasmid pMA4 in thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. MA4 was isolated and characterized to develop a genetic engineering system for thermophilic cyanobacteria. The copy number of pMA4 was determined to be by densitometry about 350/cell. The pMA4 may be a type of rolling-circle plasmid because a possible rep gene encoding 34 kD-protein and a consensus sequence of a double-stranded origin nick site of rolling circle plasmids were found in the pMA4 sequence. The pMA4 was electro-introduced into another thermophile, Synechococcus sp. MA19, which is the strongest poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulator in photoautotrophic organisms. The pMA4 was incorporated and retained in MA19. These results indicate that pMA4 could be developed as a useful vector for thermophilic cyanobacteria.
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