Integration of Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome by illegitimate recombination

AUTOR(ES)

Bundock, Paul

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

RESUMO

Agrobacterium tumefaciens can transfer part of its Ti plasmid, the T-DNA, to plant cells where it integrates into the nuclear genome via illegitimate recombination. Integration of the T-DNA results in small deletions of the plant target DNA, and may lead to truncation of the T-DNA borders and the production of filler DNA. We showed previously that T-DNA can also be transferred from A. tumefaciens to Saccharomyces cerevisiae and integrates into the yeast genome via homologous recombination. We show here that when the T-DNA lacks homology with the S. cerevisiae genome, it integrates at random positions via illegitimate recombination. From 11 lines the integrated T-DNA was cloned back to Escherichia coli along with yeast flanking sequences. The T-DNA borders and yeast DNA flanking the T-DNA were sequenced and characterized. It was found that T-DNA integration had resulted in target DNA deletions and sometimes T-DNA truncations or filler DNA formation. Therefore, the molecular mechanism of illegitimate recombination by which T-DNA integrates in higher and lower eukaryotes seems conserved.

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