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Molecular Genetics

of Bacteria

4th Edition

Molecular Genetics

of Bacteria

4th Edition

Jeremy W. Dale

Simon F. Park

University of Surrey, UK

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Dale, Jeremy.

Molecular genetics of bacteria / Jeremy W. Dale, Simon Park. — 4th ed. p.; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0 470 85084 1 (Cloth) — ISBN 0 470 85085 X (Paper)

1. Bacterial genetics. 2. Microbial genetics. 3. Molecular genetics. 4. Genetic engineering. [DNLM: 1. Bacteria—genetics. 2. Genetic Engineering. 3. Molecular Biology. QW 51 D139m

2003] I. Park, Simon. II. Title. QH434 .D35 2003

572.80293—dc22

2003023103

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Contents

1 Nucleic Acid Structure and Function

1

1.1

Structure of nucleic acids

1

 

1.1.1

DNA

1

 

1.1.2

RNA

3

 

1.1.3

Hydrophobic interactions

3

 

1.1.4 Different forms of the double helix

5

 

1.1.5

Supercoiling

6

 

1.1.6

Denaturation and hybridization

10

 

1.1.7 Orientation of nucleic acid strands

11

1.2

Replication of DNA

12

 

1.2.1

Unwinding and rewinding

13

 

1.2.2 Fidelity of replication: proof-reading

13

1.3

Chromosome replication and cell division

14

1.4

DNA repair

19

 

1.4.1

Mismatch repair

19

 

1.4.2

Excision repair

19

 

1.4.3

Recombination (post-replication) repair

19

 

1.4.4

SOS repair

20

1.5

Gene expression

21

 

1.5.1

Transcription

22

 

1.5.2

Translation

26

 

1.5.3

Post-translational events

32

1.6

Gene organization

34

2 Mutation and Variation

37

2.1

Variation and evolution

37

 

2.1.1

Fluctuation test

38

 

2.1.2 Directed mutation in bacteria?

40

2.2

Types of mutations

41

 

2.2.1

Point mutations

41

 

2.2.2

Conditional mutants

42

 

2.2.3 Variation due to larger scale DNA alterations

44

 

2.2.4 Extrachromosomal agents and horizontal gene transfer

44

2.3

Phenotypes

45

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 4th Edition by Jeremy Dale and Simon F.

Park

# 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ISBN 0 470 85084 1 (cased) ISBN 0

470 85085 X (pbk)

vi

 

CONTENTS

 

2.4

Restoration of phenotype

47

 

2.4.1

Reversion and suppression

47

 

2.4.2

Complementation

49

2.5

Recombination

49

2.6

Mechanisms of mutation

50

 

2.6.1

Spontaneous mutation

50

 

2.6.2

Chemical mutagens

52

 

2.6.3

Ultraviolet irradiation

54

2.7

Isolation and identification of mutants

58

 

2.7.1

Mutation and selection

58

 

2.7.2

Replica plating

59

 

2.7.3

Penicillin enrichment

61

 

2.7.4 Isolation of other mutants

62

 

2.7.5

Molecular methods

62

3 Regulation of Gene Expression

67

3.1

Gene copy number

69

3.2

Transcriptional control

70

 

3.2.1

Promoters

70

 

3.2.2 Terminators, attenuators and anti-terminators

77

 

3.2.3 Induction and repression: regulatory proteins

79

 

3.2.4

Attenuation: trp operon

87

 

3.2.5

Two-component regulatory systems

92

 

3.2.6

Global regulatory systems

94

 

3.2.7 Feast or famine and the RpoS regulon

95

 

3.2.8

Quorum sensing

95

3.3

Translational control

99

 

3.3.1

Ribosome binding

99

 

3.3.2

Codon usage

101

 

3.3.3

Stringent response

101

 

3.3.4

Regulatory RNA

102

 

3.3.5

Phase variation

102

4 Genetics of Bacteriophages

103

4.1

Single-stranded DNA bacteriophages

106

 

4.1.1

fX174

106

 

4.1.2

M13

109

4.2

RNA-containing phages: MS2

109

4.3

Double-stranded DNA phages

110

 

4.3.1

Bacteriophage T4

110

 

4.3.2

Bacteriophage lambda

113

 

4.3.3 Lytic and lysogenic regulation of bacteriophage lambda

118

4.4

Restriction and modification

125

4.5

Complementation and recombination

128

4.6

Why are bacteriophages important?

130

 

4.6.1

Phage typing

131

 

 

 

CONTENTS

vii

 

 

4.6.2

Phage therapy

131

 

 

4.6.3

Phage display

132

 

 

4.6.4 Bacterial virulence and phage conversion

133

5

Plasmids

 

137

 

5.1

Some bacterial characteristics are determined by plasmids

137

 

 

5.1.1

Antibiotic resistance

137

 

 

5.1.2

Colicins and bacteriocins

138

 

 

5.1.3

Virulence determinants

138

 

 

5.1.4 Plasmids in plant-associated bacteria

139

 

 

5.1.5

Metabolic activities

139

 

5.2

Molecular properties of plasmids

141

 

 

5.2.1 Plasmid replication and control

143

 

5.3

Plasmid stability

154

 

 

5.3.1

Plasmid integrity

155

 

 

5.3.2

Partitioning

157

 

 

5.3.3

Differential growth rate

160

 

5.4

Methods for studying plasmids

161

 

 

5.4.1 Associating a plasmid with a phenotype

161

 

 

5.4.2

Classification of plasmids

163

6

Gene Transfer

165

 

6.1

Transformation

166

 

6.2

Conjugation

167

 

 

6.2.1

Mechanism of conjugation

168

 

 

6.2.2

The F plasmid

173

 

 

6.2.3 Conjugation in other bacteria

174

 

6.3

Transduction

178

 

 

6.3.1

Specialized transduction

180

 

6.4

Recombination

181

 

 

6.4.1

General (homologous) recombination

181

 

 

6.4.2 Site-specific and non-homologous (illegitimate) recombination

186

 

6.5

Mosaic genes and chromosome plasticity

187

7 Genomic Plasticity: Movable Genes and Phase Variation

189

 

7.1

Insertion sequences

189

 

 

7.1.1 Structure of insertion sequences

189

 

 

7.1.2 Occurrence of insertion sequences

190

 

7.2

Transposons

192

 

 

7.2.1

Structure of transposons

194

 

 

7.2.2

Integrons

196

 

7.3

Mechanisms of transposition

197

 

 

7.3.1

Replicative transposition

197

 

 

7.3.2

Non-replicative (conservative) transposition

200

 

 

7.3.3

Regulation of transposition

201

 

 

7.3.4 Activation of genes by transposable elements

203

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CONTENTS

 

 

7.3.5 Mu: a transposable bacteriophage

204

 

7.3.6 Conjugative transposons and other transposable elements

205

7.4

Phase variation

205

 

7.4.1 Variation mediated by simple DNA inversion.

207

 

7.4.2 Variation mediated by nested DNA inversion

208

 

7.4.3 Antigenic variation in the gonococcus

208

 

7.4.4 Phase variation by slipped strand mispairing

211

 

7.4.5 Phase variation mediated by differential DNA methylation

214

8 Genetic Modification: Exploiting the Potential of Bacteria

215

8.1

Strain development

215

 

8.1.1

Generation of variation

215

 

8.1.2 Selection of desired variants

216

8.2

Overproduction of primary metabolites

216

 

8.2.1

Simple pathways

217

 

8.2.2

Branched pathways

218

8.3

Overproduction of secondary metabolites

220

8.4

Gene cloning

221

 

8.4.1 Cutting and joining DNA

222

 

8.4.2

Plasmid vectors

223

 

8.4.3

Transformation

225

 

8.4.4

Bacteriophage lambda vectors

225

 

8.4.5

Cloning larger fragments

227

 

8.4.6

Bacteriophage M13 vectors

229

8.5

Gene libraries

229

 

8.5.1 Construction of genomic libraries

229

 

8.5.2 Screening a gene library

231

 

8.5.3 Construction of a cDNA library

233

8.6

Products from cloned genes

234

 

8.6.1

Expression vectors

234

 

8.6.2

Making new genes

236

 

8.6.3

Other bacterial hosts

239

 

8.6.4

Novel vaccines

241

8.7

Other uses of gene technology

242

9 Genetic Methods for Investigating Bacteria

245

9.1

Metabolic pathways

245

 

9.1.1

Complementation

246

 

9.1.2

Cross-feeding

246

9.2

Microbial physiology

247

 

9.2.1

Reporter genes

249

 

9.2.2

Lysogeny

250

 

9.2.3

Cell division

251

 

9.2.4

Motility and chemotaxis

252

 

9.2.5

Cell differentiation

253

 

 

CONTENTS

ix

9.3

Bacterial virulence

257

 

9.3.1 Wide range mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis

257

 

9.3.2 Detection of virulence genes

259

9.4

Specific mutagenesis

262

 

9.4.1

Gene replacement

262

 

9.4.2

Antisense RNA

264

9.5 Taxonomy, evolution and epidemiology

264

 

9.5.1

Molecular taxonomy

264

 

9.5.2 Diagnostic use of PCR

267

 

9.5.3

Molecular epidemiology

267

10 Gene Mapping to Genomics

273

10.1

Gene mapping

273

 

10.1.1

Conjugational analysis

273

 

10.1.2

Co-transformation and co-transduction

276

 

10.1.3 Molecular techniques for gene mapping

277

10.2

Gene sequencing

279

 

10.2.1

DNA sequence determination

281

 

10.2.2

Genome sequencing

282

 

10.2.3

Comparative genomics

285

 

10.2.4

Bioinformatics

288

10.3 Physical and genetic maps

289

 

10.3.1

Deletions and insertions

290

 

10.3.2

Transposon mutagenesis

290

 

10.3.3

Gene replacement

292

 

10.3.4

Site-directed mutagenesis

292

10.4 Analysis of gene expression

292

 

10.4.1

Transcriptional analysis

293

 

10.4.2

Translational analysis

296

 

10.4.3 Systematic analysis of gene function

300

10.5

Conclusion

300

Appendix A

Further Reading

301

Appendix B

Abbreviations

305

Appendix C

Glossary

309

Appendix D

Enzymes

323

Appendix E

Genes

327

Appendix F Standard Genetic Code

331

Appendix G

Bacterial Species

333

Index

337

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