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A nucleotide sequence involved in replicative transformation of a filamentous fungus

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Replicative plasmids generated through in-vivo recombination have been identified among transformants of the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus. In addition to sequences from a standard selection vector (pAN7-1), these recombinant plasmids contain recombined sequences of chromosomal origin conferring replicative potential upon the vector. One such recombined sequence, an 1148-bp insert into plasmid pP01, has been characterized. This sequence has been analyzed for secondary structural features as well as for consensus sites affiliated with origins of replication (ori) in other eukaryotic systems. The 1148-bp insert lacks an ORF and does not contain an acceptable match to the commonly identified 11-bp ars consensus sequence (A/TTTTATA/GTTTA/T) for autonomous replication in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The analysis, however, revealed a cluster of three hairpin-loop-forming subsequences with individual ΔG25°C free energy values of-7.6,-6.4 and-5.2 kcal mol-1. Also found were two 7-bp analogues to centromere-affiliated sequences recognized in other fungi, as well as several putative gyrase recognition sites comparable to the 9-bp S. cerevisiae/E. coli gyrase-binding consensus sequence. Sequences comparable to the ori of the yeast 2-μm plasmid or to various sequences associated with ori of yeast/fungal mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNA) were not present in the 1148-bp insert. Replication of pP01 appears rather to involve a replication of chromosomal derivation devoid of an ars-type consensus.

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    Ming Peng, Paul A. Lemke & Narendra K. Singh

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Peng, M., Lemke, P.A. & Singh, N.K. A nucleotide sequence involved in replicative transformation of a filamentous fungus. Curr Genet 24, 114–121 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00324674

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