IS903

  • Family IS5
  • Group IS903
MGE type ISRelated element(s) :
Isoform Synonym(s) IS903L, IS903R, Tn55, Tn601, IS602, Tn60
Accession numberTranspositionOriginHost
J01839 Y Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli plasmid pR6-5
Citrobacter freundii B38, plasmid pOZ172
DNA section
IS Length : 1057 bp

Ends


IR Length : 18

IRL : GGCTTTGTTGAATAAATCGAACTTTTGCTGAGTTGAAGGATCAGATCACG
IRR : GGCTTTGTTGAATAAATCAGATTTCGGGTAAGTCTCCCCCGTAGCGGGTT

Insertion site


Left flankDirect repeatRight flankDR Length
GACTTTTTATATCAATAAAGAATAATTAA9
GATCCTTTAATCTTTTCTACTGAACCGCG9
TCCCGGAGACGGTCACAGCTTGTCTGTGA9
GTTTGTTGAAGGCGATATTCGTAACGAAG9
TGTGCCGCAGGGTGCCGGGTTAAGTTCTT9
TACCCTGCCACTCACACCATTCAGGCGCC9

DNA sequence

GGCTTTGTTGAATAAATCGAACTTTTGCTGAGTTGAAGGATCAGATCACGCATCTTCCCGACAACGCAGACCGTTCCGTGGCAAAGCAAAAGTTCAAAAT
CACCAACTGGTCCACCTACAACAAAGCTCTCATCAACCGTGGCTCCCTCACTTTCTGGCTGGATGATGGGGCGATTCAGGCCTGGTATGAGTCAGCAACA
CCTTCTTCACGAGGCAGACCTCAGCGCTATTCTGACCTTGCCATCACGACTGTGCTGGTCATTAAACGCGTATTCAGGCTGACCCTGCGCGCTGCGCAGG
GCTTTATTGATTCCATTTTTACACTGATGAATGTTCCGTTGCGCTGCCCGGATTACAGCTGTGTCAGCAGGCGGGCAAAGTCGGTTAATATCAGTTTCAA
AACGTTCACCCGGGGTGAAATCGCGCATCTGGTGATTGATTCCACCGGGCTGAAGGTCTTTGGTGAAGGCGAATGGAAAGTCAAAAAGCATGGCCAGGAA
CGCCGCCGTATCTGGCGTAAGCTGCATCTCGCCGTTGACAGTAAAACACATGAAATCATCTGCGCTGACCTGTCGCTGAACAATGTGACCGACTCAGAAG
CCTTCCCGGGTCTTATCCGGCAGACTCACAGAAAAATCAGGGCAGCATCGGCAGACGGCGCTTACGACACCCGGCTCTGTCACGATGAACTGCGGCGTAA
GAAAATCAGCGCGCTTATCCCTCCCCGAAAAGGTGCGGGTTACTGGCCCGGTGAATATGCAGACCGTAACCGTGCAGTGGCTAATCAGCGAATGACCGGG
AGTAATGCGCGGTGGAAATGGACAACAGATTACAACCGTCGCTCGATAGCGGAAACGGCGATGTACCGGGTAAAACAGCTGTTCGGGGGTTCACTGACGC
TGCGTGACTACGATGGTCAGGTTGCGGAGGCTATGGCCCTGGTACGAGCGCTGAACAAAATGACGAAAGCAGGTATGCCTGAAAGCGTGCGTATTGCCTG
AAAACACAACCCGCTACGGGGGAGACTTACCCGAAATCTGATTTATTCAACAAAGCC
Protein section
ORF number : 1

 

ORF 1
LengthBeginEndStrandFusion ORF
924 bp307 aa781001+No
ORF function : Transposase
Chemistry : DDE

ORF sequence :

VAKQKFKITNWSTYNKALINRGSLTFWLDDGAIQAWYESATPSSRGRPQRYSDLAITTVLVIKRVFRLTLRAAQGFIDSIFTLMNVPLRCPDYSCVSRRA
KSVNISFKTFTRGEIAHLVIDSTGLKVFGEGEWKVKKHGQERRRIWRKLHLAVDSKTHEIICADLSLNNVTDSEAFPGLIRQTHRKIRAASADGAYDTRL
CHDELRRKKISALIPPRKGAGYWPGEYADRNRAVANQRMTGSNARWKWTTDYNRRSIAETAMYRVKQLFGGSLTLRDYDGQVAEAMALVRALNKMTKAGM
PESVRIA

 

Blast result :
Comments
IS903 promotes both adjacent deletions and deletion-inversions, thought to be the result of an intramolecular replicative process (cointegrate formation). IS903 uses both the conservative and replicative way of transposition, with a net preference for the latter (Bernardi and Bernardi, 1991). The cis preference of the IS903 transposase is mediated by a combination of transposase instability and inefficient translation initiation (Derbyshire and Grindley, 1992 and 1996).
Found in Tn903.

Tn602 is flanked by two iso-IS602 and encodes resistance to kanamycin. IS602L and IS602R are closely related (less than 100 bp different) to IS102, IS903 and IS903B, IS102 being the most divergent. Tn602 was found in Capnocytophaga ochraceus (causes infections in humans)
References
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