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Integration host factor increases the transpositional immunity conferred by gamma delta ends.

L A Wiater1, N D Grindley

  • 1Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Journal of Bacteriology
|September 1, 1990
PubMed
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Integration host factor (IHF) is not essential for bacterial gamma delta transposon transposition but enhances transposition immunity. IHF binding sites at transposon ends are crucial for this immunity stimulation.

Area of Science:

  • Bacteriology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

Background:

  • The bacterial transposon gamma delta possesses terminal DNA sequences crucial for its transposition.
  • These sequences include binding sites for the gamma delta transposase and the integration host factor (IHF).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the specific roles of IHF in gamma delta transposition.
  • To investigate the impact of IHF binding sites on transposition frequency and target site selection.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized bacterial strains with and without IHF (IHF+ and IHF-).
  • Compared transposition events using gamma delta transposon ends with and without the IHF binding site.
  • Assessed transposition frequency, insert distribution, and transposition immunity.

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Main Results:

  • IHF is not essential for gamma delta transposition, with its absence decreasing transposition frequency threefold.
  • IHF does not influence the distribution of transposon inserts into target DNA.
  • IHF significantly enhances transposition immunity when its binding site is present at the transposon end.
  • IHF stimulation of immunity correlates with enhanced transposase binding.

Conclusions:

  • IHF plays a regulatory role in gamma delta transposition, primarily by modulating transposition immunity.
  • The presence of the IHF binding site at transposon ends is critical for IHF-mediated enhancement of transposition immunity.