Mobile element type:  Transposon
Name:  Tn903
Synonyms: 
Accession:  Tn903-V00359.1
Family:  Compound Transposon
Group:  IS903
First isolate:  Yes
Partial:  ND
Evidence of transposition:  Yes

Host Organism:  Escherichia coli
Date of Isolation:  1978
Country: 
Molecular Source:  plasmid R6-5

ORF Summary
Name Associated TE Coordinates Orientation Class Subclass
tnpA IS903 57-980 - Transposase None
APH(3')-Ia (ARO:3002641) Tn903 1162-1977 + Passenger Gene Antibiotic Resistance
tnpA IS903 2115-3038 + Transposase None
ORF Details
Gene Name Protein Name Associated TE Gene Length Coordinates Strand
tnpA TnpA IS903 307 57-980 -
Class: Transposase
Function: GO molecular function: DNA binding, transposase activity.
Transposase Chemistry: DDE
Protein Sequence: MAKQKFKITN WSTYNKALIN RGSLTFWLDD GAIQAWYESA TPSSRGRPQR YSDLAITTVL VIKRVFRLTL RAAQGFIDSI FTLMNVPLRC PDYSCVSRRA KSVNISFKTF TRGEIAHLVI DSTGLKVFGE GEWKVKKHGQ ERRRIWRKLH LAVDSKTHEI ICADLSLNNV TDSEAFPGLI RQTHRKIRAA SADGAYDTRL CHDELRRKKI SALIPPRKGA GYWPGEYADR NRAVANQRMT GSNARWKWTT DYNRRSIAET AMYRVKQLFG GSLTLRDYDG QVAEAMALVR ALNKMTKAGM PESVRIA

Gene Name Protein Name Associated TE Gene Length Coordinates Strand
APH(3')-Ia (ARO:3002641) APH(3')-Ia Tn903 271 1162-1977 +
Class: Passenger Gene
Subclass: Antibiotic Resistance
Function: antibiotic inactivation (ARO:0001004)
Sequence Family: APH(3') (ARO:3000126)
Target: aminoglycoside antibiotic (ARO:0000016)
Comment: strict match to reference sequence for ARO:3002641 (bitscore: 560)||Synonyms: aphA-1,apha1-1AB, APH(3')-Ic, apha7
Protein Sequence: MSHIQRETSC SRPRLNSNMD ADLYGYKWAR DNVGQSGATI YRLYGKPDAP ELFLKHGKGS VANDVTDEMV RLNWLTEFMP LPTIKHFIRT PDDAWLLTTA IPGKTAFQVL EEYPDSGENI VDALAVFLRR LHSIPVCNCP FNSDRVFRLA QAQSRMNNGL VDASDFDDER NGWPVEQVWK EMHKLLPFSP DSVVTHGDFS LDNLIFDEGK LIGCIDVGRV GIADRYQDLA ILWNCLGEFS PSLQKRLFQK YGIDNPDMNK LQFHLMLDEF F

Gene Name Protein Name Associated TE Gene Length Coordinates Strand
tnpA TnpA IS903 307 2115-3038 +
Class: Transposase
Function: GO molecular function: DNA binding, transposase activity.
Transposase Chemistry: DDE
Protein Sequence: MAKQKFKITN WSTYNKALIN RGSLTFWLDD GAIQAWYESA TPSSRGRPQR YSDLAITTVL VIKRVFRLTL RAAQGFIDSI FTLMNVPLRC PDYSCVSRRA KSVNISFKTF TRGEIAHLVI DSTGLKVFGE GEWKVKKHGQ ERRRIWRKLH LAVDSKTHEI ICADLSLNNV TDSEAFPGLI RQTHRKIRAA SADGAYDTRL CHDELRRKKI SALIPPRKGA GYWPGEYADR NRAVANQRMT GSNARWKWTT DYNRRSIAET AMYRVKQLFG GSLTLRDYDG QVAEAMALVR ALNKMTKAGM PESVRIA

TnCentral Accession TE Name Type Coordinates Strand Length
IS903-V00359.1 IS903 insertion sequence 1-1057 + 1057
IS903-V00359.1 IS903 insertion sequence 2038-3094 + 1057

Name Associated TE Coordinates Direction Length Sequence
IRR IS903 1-18 + 18 GGCTTTGTTG AATAAATC
IRL IS903 1040-1057 - 18 GGCTTTGTTG AATAAATC
IRL IS903 2038-2055 + 18 GGCTTTGTTG AATAAATC
IRR IS903 3077-3094 - 18 GGCTTTGTTG AATAAATC

1.  Hershfield V, Boyer HW, Chow L, Helinski DR.  Characterization of a mini-ColC1 plasmid..  J Bacteriol. 1976 Apr;126(1):447-53. doi: 10.1128/jb.126.1.447-453.1976.  PubMed ID: 770430 .
2.  Oka A, Sugisaki H, Takanami M.  Nucleotide sequence of the kanamycin resistance transposon Tn903..  J Mol Biol. 1981 Apr 5;147(2):217-26. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(81)90438-1.  PubMed ID: 6270337 .
3.  Nomura N, Yamagishi H, Oka A.  Isolation and characterization of transducing coliphage fd carrying a kanamycin resistance gene..  Gene. 1978 Feb;3(1):39-51. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(78)90006-9.  PubMed ID: 344143 .
4.  Grindley ND, Joyce CM.  Genetic and DNA sequence analysis of the kanamycin resistance transposon Tn903..  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Dec;77(12):7176-80. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.12.7176.  PubMed ID: 6261245 .
5.  Swingle B, O'Carroll M, Haniford D, Derbyshire KM.  The effect of host-encoded nucleoid proteins on transposition: H-NS influences targeting of both IS903 and Tn10..  Mol Microbiol. 2004 May;52(4):1055-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04051.x.  PubMed ID: 15130124 .
6.  Twiss E, Coros AM, Tavakoli NP, Derbyshire KM.  Transposition is modulated by a diverse set of host factors in Escherichia coli and is stimulated by nutritional stress..  Mol Microbiol. 2005 Sep;57(6):1593-607. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04794.x.  PubMed ID: 16135227 .