ISMt1

  • Family IS5
  • Group IS427
MGE type ISRelated element(s) :
Isoform Synonym(s) ISTUB1
Accession numberTranspositionOriginHost
X65618 ND Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Johnston
Mycobacterium bovis BCG
DNA section
IS Length : 969 bp

Ends


IR Length : 16/17

IRL : GGCGTGTCTCCCAAATTTTTAGGTACTGGCCAGCGAGGATTGGCCGGTGA
IRR : GGCGTGTCTCCCAATTTCGGAGTTCCCACTCGGGCGTGGATGACGGCGCA

Insertion site


Left flankDirect repeatRight flankDR Length
GGCTGCAGTACTAGCCGAGACCGG4

DNA sequence

GGCGTGTCTCCCAAATTTTTAGGTACTGGCCAGCGAGGATTGGCCGGTGACGCGAGTGGGTGTGATTTCGGACGAGTTCTGGGCCGTGGTCGAGCCGTTG
ATGCCGTCGCATGAGGGCAAGCCCGGCAGACGGTTTAGCGATCACCGGCTTATCCTGGAAGGGATCGCGTGGCGGTTCCGTACGGGAAGTCCGTGGCGGG
ACCTGCCCGCTGAGTTCGGGCCGTGGCAAACGGTGTGGAAGCGCCATCACCGTTGGTCGCTGGATGGTACCTGCGACGAGGTGTTCGCCCACGTTGCCGC
GGTGTTCGGGGTGGACGCTGAGGTGGCCGAGGATATCGAGAAGCTGCTGTCGGTGGATTCCACGAACGTGCGGGCACACCAGCATTCGGCGGGCGCTGCT
CGGACACGCTCGCCACAGGGGGCACTGTCGGATTACAAGAAATCCGCCGATGAACCCGACGATCATGCGATCGGCCGCTCGCGCGGCGGGCTGACCACCA
AGATCCATGCCCTGACCGATCAGCGCGAAGCCCCGGTGCGGATCCGGTTGACCGCAGGCCAGGCCGGCGACAACCCGCAACTGCTGCCCCTGCTCGACGA
CTATCGCCATGCCAGCACCGAATACGCCCTGGGCAGCACGGATTTCCGCTTACTCGCCGACAAGGCCTACTCACACCCAAGTACCCGTGCCGCATTACGG
TCTAAGAAGATCAAGCACACCATCCCCGAACGCCACGATCAGATCGACCGGCGCAAGGCCAAGGGGTCTGCCGGCGGGCGGCCACCAGCATTCGACGCCG
CGCTCTACGGGCTACGCAACACCGTCGAACGCGGCTTCCATCGACTCAAGCAGTGGCGCGGCATCGCAACCCGCTACGACAAATACGCCCTGACCTACCT
CGGCGGCGTCCTGCTGGCCTGCGCCGTCATCCACGCCCGAGTGGGAACTCCGAAATTGGGAGACACGCC
Protein section
ORF number : 1

 

ORF 1
LengthBeginEndStrandFusion ORF
923 bp307 aa47969+No
ORF function : Transposase
Chemistry : DDE

ORF sequence :

MTRVGVISDEFWAVVEPLMPSHEGKPGRRFSDHRLILEGIAWRFRTGSPWRDLPAEFGPWQTVWKRHHRWSLDGTCDEVFAHVAAVFGVDAEVAEDIEKL
LSVDSTNVRAHQHSAGAARTRSPQGALSDYKKSADEPDDHAIGRSRGGLTTKIHALTDQREAPVRIRLTAGQAGDNPQLLPLLDDYRHASTEYALGSTDF
RLLADKAYSHPSTRAALRSKKIKHTIPERHDQIDRRKAKGSAGGRPPAFDAALYGLRNTVERGFHRLKQWRGIATRYDKYALTYLGGVLLACAVIHARVG
TPKLGDT

 

Blast result :
Comments
ISMt1 is specific for species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including the vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Note that there is no stop codon at the end of the element. However, the (preferred ?) target of ISMt1 is 5'-CTAG-3', where the "TAG" is in frame with the ORF. When compared to the other IS5 family members, the ISMt1 putative transposase requires the introduction of several important gaps within the other proteins (around positions 90, 130 and 200) in other to maximize the similarity. Also, the length of the DR (4 bp) could very well be 2 !
References
1] Mariani, F., Piccolella, E., Colizzi, V., Rappuoli, R., and Gross, R. (1993) J. Gen. Microbiol. 139, 1767-1772.