Differences in Resolution of mwr -Containing Plasmid Dimers Mediated by the Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli XerC Recombinases: Potential Implications in Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

Author:

Bui Duyen12,Ramiscal Judianne12,Trigueros Sonia2,Newmark Jason S.12,Do Albert1,Sherratt David J.2,Tolmasky Marcelo E.12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92834-6850

2. Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom

Abstract

ABSTRACT Xer-mediated dimer resolution at the mwr site of the multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1 is osmoregulated in Escherichia coli containing either the Escherichia coli Xer recombination machinery or Xer recombination elements from K. pneumoniae . In the presence of K. pneumoniae XerC (XerC Kp ), the efficiency of recombination is lower than that in the presence of the E. coli XerC (XerC Ec ) and the level of dimer resolution is insufficient to stabilize the plasmid, even at low osmolarity. This lower efficiency of recombination at mwr is observed in the presence of E. coli or K. pneumoniae XerD proteins. Mutagenesis experiments identified a region near the N terminus of XerC Kp responsible for the lower level of recombination catalyzed by XerC Kp at mwr . This region encompasses the second half of the predicted α-helix B and the beginning of the predicted α-helix C. The efficiencies of recombination at other sites such as dif or cer in the presence of XerC Kp or XerC Ec are comparable. Therefore, XerC Kp is an active recombinase whose action is impaired on the mwr recombination site. This characteristic may result in restriction of the host range of plasmids carrying this site, a phenomenon that may have important implications in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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