Group I intron homing in Bacillus phages SPO1 and SP82: a gene conversion event initiated by a nicking homing endonuclease

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Title:	Group I intron homing in Bacillus phages SPO1 and SP82: a gene conversion event initiated by a nicking homing endonuclease
Creators Name:	Landthaler, M., Lau, N.C. and Shub, D.A.
Abstract:	Many group I introns encode endonucleases that promote intron homing by initiating a double-stranded break-mediated homologous recombination event. In this work we describe intron homing in Bacillus subtilis phages SPO1 and SP82. The introns encode the DNA endonucleases I-HmuI and I-HmuII, respectively, which belong to the H-N-H endonuclease family and possess nicking activity in vitro. Coinfections of B. subtilis with intron-minus and intron-plus phages indicate that I-HmuI and I-HmuII are required for homing of the SPO1 and SP82 introns, respectively. The homing process is a gene conversion event that does not require the major B. subtilis recombination pathways, suggesting that the necessary functions are provided by phage-encoded factors. Our results provide the first examples of H-N-H endonuclease-mediated intron homing and the first demonstration of intron homing initiated by a nicking endonuclease.
Keywords:	Bacillus Phages, Base Sequence, Deoxyribonuclease I, Gene Conversion, Introns, Molecular Sequence Data
Source:	Journal of Bacteriology
ISSN:	0021-9193
Publisher:	American Society for Microbiology
Volume:	186
Number:	13
Page Range:	4307-4314
Date:	July 2004
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.186.13.4307-4314.2004
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