Effects of salt and temperature on plasmid topology in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii.
AUTOR(ES)
Mojica, F J
RESUMO
We report here the effect of environmental parameters, salinity, temperature, and an intercalating drug on plasmid topology in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii. We first studied the topological state of the plasmid pHV11 in media of different salt compositions and concentrations. The superhelical density of plasmid PHV11 varies in a way that depends on the kind of salt and on the concentrations of individual salts. With respect to growth temperature, the plasmid linking number increased at higher temperature in a linear way, contrary to what has been reported for Escherichia coli, in which the plasmid linking number decreased at higher temperature. These results suggest that some of the mechanisms that control DNA supercoiling in halophilic Archaea may be different from those described for E. coli. However, homeostatic control of DNA supercoiling seems to occur in haloarchaea, as in Bacteria, since we found that relaxation of DNA by chloroquine triggers an increase in negative supercoiling.
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