ISH1

  • Family IS5
  • Group ISH1
MGE type ISRelated element(s) :
Isoform Synonym(s)
Accession numberTranspositionOriginHost
J01725 Y Halobacterium salinarum
Halobacterium tunesiensis A2
Halobacterium salinarum R1
Halobacterium salinarum NRC34020
Halobacterium salinarum NRL
Halobacterium salinarum S9
Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1
Halobacterium salinarum pHS1
Halobacterium salinarum R1mR
Halobacterium salinarum YC81819-9
DNA section
IS Length : 1118 bp

Ends


IR Length : 8/9

IRL : TGCCTTGTTTTGCCACCGATTGAGGGAAGTTTCAGACTCTCTCCCGGGAA
IRR : TGCCTCGTTGAATCACAAGACAGCGTCGGGGTAGGGAAGACTATTCGCAG

Insertion site


Left flankDirect repeatRight flankDR Length
TGCATGTTGGAGTTATTGCCAACAGCAG8
NNNNTGTTGGCAATAACTCCAACANNNN8
NNNNTGTTGGCGGCGTGTTCTACGNNNN8
TCTCGGTTGAAGAGATCATCGACCGCGT8
AGGAAGTTGGTGATGAGTTCGGAGCCGA8
GTATGCTTGAACCCGTAGTGTACTTGAA8
TGGAAGTCGAAGTCGAGTTCAAGCGCGG8

DNA sequence

TGCCTTGTTTTGCCACCGATTGAGGGAAGTTTCAGACTCTCTCCCGGGAAGATTCCGTCAAGCTAACCAGGAATTGGACGCCGTCTGGCGATATGGCATC
GCTCAGACGGCTTGCTTGGATGTGTCGAAACCTTGCCAAACAGCACGTTGACGATCCGGACGTACCCGCCGCGCCGTCCGGCGCGGGCGGGTACGCCGAG
TGGGTGCAGATCGCGTTGATTCTGTACCGTGTCGAACTGGAAAAGAGCCTCCGTGAATCCGAGGACTACCTCAACGAGATGCCCGGTGTTCTTGCCGTGT
TTGGACTTGACGAAGCACCACACTACAGCTCGTTCTGCCGGTGGGAAAACGAGTATCGAATGCGTGAGCTCCGCCGCCTGCTCCGCGCTTCGGCGGAGCA
GGCGGGCTGGAGTGGCGAAGCCGCGATTGACGCGAGCGGCTTCCAGCGCGATCAAACCAGCTACCACTACCGCGACCGCGCGAATTACTCGTTCCAGTCG
ATGAAGACGACGATCTTGATCGACGTGAACTCGCTAGCGATCAAGGACGTTCACTACACGACGCAGAAGCCTGGGACGGCCACATTGGGATGCAGGTCTT
CCGCCGGAAACGCGGAAGACCTGCGGGTGCTGTCTGCTGACGCGAACTACTCGTGGAGCGACCTCCGTGAGGAGTGTCGCTCCGAATCAACGCGACCGTT
GATCAAGCACAGGGAGCAAACACCGTTGCAGAAGGCTCACCACGCCCGGATGAACGAGGACTACAACCAACGCTGGATGAGTGAAACCGGCTTCTCGCAG
TTGAAGGAAGACGACGGCGAGAAGCTGCGCTCCGGAGCTGGCAGGCCAGTTCCGGAGCTGACTCGGAAGTGCATCATCCATAACCTGACGCAGGCGGCGA
GTTAAGGGCTCGCCGCCTGCTCGCTTTCTCCGTACGTATCCGGAGAGGCATCGCCGTCGTCATCGGAACAACGAAGCAAGATACCATAGTTGTGACCCTT
CAGCAACCGCCGTGAGTGACAGCTACTGCATCTTCTGAGGTCAAGAACCCGTCTCTGACGCTGTGAAACTGCGAATAGTCTTCCCTACCCCGACGCTGTC
TTGTGATTCAACGAGGCA
Protein section
ORF number : 1

 

ORF 1
LengthBeginEndStrandFusion ORF
813 bp270 aa93905+No
ORF function : Transposase
Chemistry : DDE

ORF sequence :

MASLRRLAWMCRNLAKQHVDDPDVPAAPSGAGGYAEWVQIALILYRVELEKSLRESEDYLNEMPGVLAVFGLDEAPHYSSFCRWENEYRMRELRRLLRAS
AEQAGWSGEAAIDASGFQRDQTSYHYRDRANYSFQSMKTTILIDVNSLAIKDVHYTTQKPGTATLGCRSSAGNAEDLRVLSADANYSWSDLREECRSEST
RPLIKHREQTPLQKAHHARMNEDYNQRWMSETGFSQLKEDDGEKLRSGAGRPVPELTRKCIIHNLTQAAS

 

Blast result :
Comments
The bacterio-opsin (BO) gene codes for the purple membrane protein. Eleven spontaneous mutant strains of Halobacterium salinarum S9 (formerly H. halobium) have been isolated which are deficient in the purple membrane protein (Pum-). In the Pum- mutants, the bacterio-opsin gene has been inactivated by the insertion of one of two transposable elements (ISH1 or ISH2) into the BO gene. ISH1 is a site-specific transposable element (isolated 21 times at the same site, in both orientations) inserting into an 8 bp target sequence 5'-AGTTATTG-3'. The number of ISH1 copies in Halobacterium salinarum ranges from one to more than five in different strains. In at least one strain, ISH1 occurs on both the chromosomal and plasmid DNA.

In Halobacterium salinarum R1, ISH1 carries ponctual deletion/insertion which induce non-programmed frameshifts on 2 parts of the transposase. The protein does not match at positions : AA 160 to AA 172, and AA 248 to AA 254.
File updated: June 03 2010.
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