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Nucleic Acids Resea ch, 1997, Vol. 25, No. 7
Conse ed s uc u e o IS
200
elemen s in
Salmonella
Ca men R. Beuzón and Josep Casadesús*
Depa amen o de Gené ica, Facul ad de Biología, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Apa ado 1095, E-41080 Se illa, Spain
Recei ed Decembe 12, 1996; Re ised and Accep ed Feb ua y 7, 1997 DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank accession nos X56834, Y09564, Y08755
ABSTRACT
Sequence analysis o h ee IS
200
elemen s ( wo om
Salmonella
yphimu ium
, one om
Salmonella
abo uso is
) e eals a highly conse ed s uc u e,
wi h a leng h o 707–708 bp and absence o e minal
epea s. IS
200
con ains an open- eading- ame (ORF)
which po en ially encodes a pep ide o 151 amino
acids, wi h a pu a i e ibosome-binding-si e p ope ly
placed ups eam o he ORF. A po en ial RNA s em–
loop s uc u e ha migh occlude he ibosome-
binding-si e o he ORF is also ound. Ano he
conse ed ai is a po en ial RNA hai pin which
esembles a Rho-independen ansc ip ion e mi-
na o , loca ed nea one end o IS
200
. The junc ions
be ween IS
200
and hos DNA sequences a e A+T- ich.
Upon inse ion, IS
200
duplica es 1–2 bp o hos DNA
sequences. The obse a ion ha IS
200
elemen s
cha ac e ized as ‘hops’ a e oughly iden ical o hose
esiding in he
Salmonella
genome sugges s ha IS
200
ansposi ion is unlikely o gene a e inac i e copies. I
such is he case and many o all IS
200
elemen s a e
ac i e, he ex emely low equency o IS
200
ans-
posi ion may e lec he no mal beha io o he
elemen .
INTRODUCTION
IS200 is an inse ion elemen abundan in he genus Salmonella
(1,2) and spo adically ound in s ains o Shigella (2),
Esche ichia coli (3) and Ye sinia (4). The ch omosome o
Salmonella yphimu ium LT2 con ains six copies o IS200
(1,5,6); in o he S. yphimu ium s ains he numbe o IS200
copies anges om 1 o >12 (2). One pa adoxical ai o IS200
beha io is i s poo con ibu ion o spon aneous mu agenesis
(7,8), which can be co ela ed wi h he ex emely low
ansposi ion equency o he elemen (8–10). In ac , only wo
IS200 inse ion mu a ions ha e been epo ed in S. yphimu ium:
one in he his ope on (1), ano he in he gp gene (8). Hun s o
IS200-induced mu an s in S. yphimu ium, some imes in ol ing
posi i e selec ion s a egies, ha e con i med ha ansposi ion is
a e (7–10). Fu he mo e, su eys ca ied ou in ield isola es
ha e indica ed ha IS200 ansposi ion is also in equen in
na u al popula ions o Salmonella (11).
One possible explana ion o he low ac i i y o IS200 migh be
he gene a ion a ela i ely high equencies o de ec i e copies
o he elemen . Such a beha io has no p eceden s among
p oka yo ic inse ion elemen s (12) bu is ela i ely common in
euka yo ic ansposons (13). To in es iga e his possibili y, we
compa ed he s uc u e o IS200 ‘hops’ wi h ha o ‘genomic
copies’ o he elemen . The esul s we e unequi ocal: elemen s
cha ac e ized as IS200 hops a e ex emely simila , i no iden ical,
o IS200 elemen s esiding in he Salmonella genome. Thus
IS200 ansposi ion is unlikely o gene a e inac i e o abe an
copies. A co olla y is ha he ex emely low equency o IS200
ansposi ion and i s sca ce con ibu ion o spon aneous
mu agenesis likely e lec he no mal beha io o he elemen .
Cladog ams cons uc ed wi h he p edic ed pep ides o IS200
ORFs om Salmonella, E.coli and Ye sinia ma ch he
phylogene ic ee o he En e obac e iaceae (14,15). This
obse a ion gi es suppo o he hypo hesis ha IS200 is an
ances al elemen o en e ic bac e ia (16).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Bac e ial s ains and plasmids
All s ains and isola es o S. yphimu ium used in his wo k de i e
om he s anda d wild- ype LT2. S ain SS44 o Salmonella
abo uso is (17) was p o ided by S. Rubino, Ins i u e o
Mic obiology, Uni e si à degli S udi di Sassa i, Sassa i, Sa dinia,
I aly. The plasmid ec o s used o cloning we e pBluesc ip I
KS(+) and pBluesc ip II SK(+) (S a agene, La Jolla, CA). pIZ46
is a pUC19 de i a i e ca ying a ail- o- ail dime o he 0.3 kb
EcoRI–HindIII agmen o IS200 (2). pIZ47 is a pUC19
de i a i e ca ying a e ame o he in e nal TaqI agmen o
IS200, lanked by EcoRI si es (I. Gibe and J. Casadesús,
unpublished). T ans o ma ion wi h plasmid DNA ollowed he
p ocedu e o Inoue e al. (18). The ecipien s ain o
ans o ma ion was E.coli DH5α (19).
Media and chemicals
Lu ia–Be ani medium (LB) wi h added NaCl (5 g/l) was used as
he s anda d ich b o h. Solid medium con ained Di co aga a a
inal concen a ion o 1.5%. EBU indica o pla es we e p epa ed
as desc ibed elsewhe e (20). Concen a ions o an ibio ics we e
as ollows: kanamycin sul a e (Sigma, S Louis, MO), 50 mg/l;
ampicillin (Sigma), 100 mg/l. The indica o 5-b omo-4-chlo o-3-
indolyl-β-D-galac opy anoside (‘X-gal’, Uni ed S a es Bio-
logical, Swampsco , MA), was dissol ed in N,N-dime hyl o ma-
mide (2 mg/ml) and used a he inal concen a ion o 25 µg/ml.
Fo gel elec opho esis, aga ose (SeaKem, FMC, Rockland, ME)
was p epa ed in ei he TAE o TBE bu e s (21). The inal aga ose
concen a ion (0.7–1.0%) depended on he ange o DNA
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agmen s o be sepa a ed. E bu e con ained 40 mM T is-base
and 2 mM EDTA; pH was adjus ed o 7.9 wi h glacial ace ic acid.
The lysis solu ion con ained 3% sodium dodecyl sul a e, 50 mM
T izma base and 72 mM NaOH.
Bac e iophages and ansduc ion
The ansducing phage was P22 HT 105/1 in 201 (22), hence o h
e e ed as P22 HT. Phage sensi i i y was es ed wi h he
clea -plaque mu an P22 H5. To ob ain phage- ee isola es,
ansduc an s we e pu i ied on EBU pla es. Fo ansduc ion o
an ibio ic- esis ance ma ke s (e.g. Km ), ansducing mix u es
we e made on LB pla es and incuba ed 4–5 h be o e
eplica-p in ing o selec i e pla es wi h s e ile el e s.
Vi ulence plasmid cu ing
Cu ing o he i ulence plasmid (pSLT) o S. yphimu ium was
achie ed by des abiliza ion o he pa locus wi h a
kanamycin- esis an ca idge (23). The Km ca idge was
in oduced in o he s ain o be cu ed by P22 HT ansduc ion. Km
ansduc an s we e s eaked on EBU pla es; indi idual phage- ee
colonies we e hen sco ed o loss o kanamycin esis ance.
DNA ex ac ion and pu i ica ion
Genomic DNA p epa a ions we e ob ained acco ding o Ausubel
e al. (24), using 10 ml o an o e nigh cul u e. Plasmid DNA o
bo h clone analysis and DNA sequencing was ob ained wi h he
alkaline lysis me hod, wi hou phenol ex ac ion (25). Plasmid
DNA p epa a ions o he gene a ion o nes ed dele ions we e
ob ained wi h he ‘boiling’ me hod (26), ollowed by pu i ica ion
in Sephadex G-50 columns. Vi ulence plasmid DNA was
ex ac ed as desc ibed elsewhe e (11).
Diges ion, end modi ica ion and liga ion o DNA
agmen s
Res ic ion enzymes we e pu chased om P omega Bio ech
(Madison, WI), Boeh inge Mannheim (Mannheim, Ge many)
and New England Biolabs (Be e ly, MA). The bu e s used we e
hose p o ided by he supplie . Fo mul iple diges ions, we used
he ‘One-pho -all’ bu e (Pha macia Bio ech, San F ancisco,
CA). Deoxy ibonucleo ides and Klenow DNA polyme ase we e
pu chased om P omega Bio ech. T4 polynucleo ide ligase was
om Boeh inge Mannheim; liga ion was achie ed by incuba ing
>12 h a 16C. Fo blun end liga ion, a low-ATP bu e was used
(New England Biolabs, unpublished obse a ions).
DNA hyb idiza ion
Diges ion o DNA wi h es ic ion enzymes, elec opho e ic
sepa a ion o es ic ion agmen s, DNA dena u a ion, ans e o
DNA om aga ose gels o nylon il e s, DNA labeling and DNA
hyb idiza ion ollowed he p ocedu es desc ibed by Sou he n
(27) and Samb ook e al. (21). Reco e y o DNA om aga ose
gels was achie ed wi h he GeneClean sys em (Bio 101, La Jolla,
CA). The s anda d IS200 p obes we e he EcoRI agmen s o
pIZ46 and pIZ47. These agmen s we e eco e ed om aga ose
gels and pu i ied by he GeneClean sys em (Bio 101), modi ied
acco ding o Boyle and Lew (28). DNA p obes we e labeled wi h
he DIG DNA labeling ki om Boeh inge Mannheim.
Gene a ion o nes ed dele ions
Dele ions we e gene a ed wi h E.coli exonuclease III, using he
double-s anded nes ed dele ion ki om Pha macia Bio ech.
P o ec ed, 3′ o e hanging ends we e gene a ed by ApaI diges ion,
while he subs a e o exonuclease III diges ion was gene a ed
wi h ClaI. Dele ed plasmids we e ea ed wi h nuclease S1 o
gene a e blun ends; hese we e hen liga ed wi h T4 poly-
nucleo ide ligase.
DNA sequencing
Sequencing eac ions we e pe o med wi h he dideoxy chain
e mina ion p ocedu e (29), using he Sequenase ki e sion 2.0
(Uni ed S a es Biochemical Co po a ion, Cle eland, OH). The
p ime s used o sequencing a e shown in Table 1. Sequencing
gels we e p epa ed in TBE and con ained 6% ac ylamide and
500 g/l u ea. Gels we e un in a Poke Face SE1500 sequence
(Hoe e Scien i ic Ins umen s, San F ancisco, CA), d ied in a
Slab Gel D ye , model SE1160 (Hoe e ) and de eloped by
exposu e o an X- ay ilm.
Sequence analysis and phylogeny me hods
We used he compu e analysis package o he Gene ics Compu e
G oup, Uni e si y o Wisconsin, Madison, WI (30). F ee ene gies
o RNA seconda y s uc u es we e calcula ed wi h he p og am
‘Fold RNA’ (31). E olu iona y dis ances be ween pep ide
sequences we e measu ed using he Jukes–Can o algo i hm (32).
Phylogene ic ees we e cons uc ed wi h he G owT ee p og am,
using he ‘unweigh ed pai -g oup a ihme ic a e age’ (UPGMA)
me hod (33).
RESULTS
Sequence analysis o he inse ion hisD984::IS200
The o iginal mu a ion hisD984::IS200 (1) had been p e iously
cloned on se e al plasmid ec o s (2). One o hese clones, pIZ44,
is a pUC9 de i a i e ca ying a ∼2 kb inse which includes he
inse ion hisD984::IS200 and lanking sequences o he
S. yphimu ium his ope on (2). DNA sequencing o he
hisD984::IS200 inse ion (hence o h called IS200-HIS) was
ca ied ou di ec ly on pIZ44, using p ime s I, II and V (Table 1).
These p ime s we e designed using p e ious sequencing da a
(34). The EMBL accession numbe o IS200-HIS is X56834.
The p edic ed IS200 ORF (see below) uns opposi e o hisD ( o
a map o he his idine ope on; e . 35).
Table 1. DNA p ime s used o sequencing IS200 elemen s
P ime Sequence (5′–3′) O igin
T3 ATTAACCCTCACTAAAG pBluesc ip
T7 AATACGACTCACTATAG pBluesc ip
I GTGCAGAGGGTACTATC IS200
II GAGCTTAGCGCACACCC IS200
III CCCGCCGAAGATGAGTGTGT IS200
IV GTCTTCGGTATTTGGGCGC IS200
VCTGCCTACTGCCCTACGCTTCT IS200
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Cha ac e iza ion o an IS200 elemen inse ed in he
S. yphimu ium i ulence plasmid
Inc ease in he numbe o IS200 elemen s is obse ed a low bu
de ec able equencies among he su i o s o s ab cul u es
(1,9,10), a beha io p e iously epo ed o o he inse ion
elemen s (36–38). Howe e , in a gi en s ain, IS200 copy numbe
can po en ially inc ease by duplica ion o ch omosomal egions
(39). This ca ea di ec ed ou sea ch o he de ec ion o IS200
inse ions in he S. yphimu ium i ulence plasmid; he a ionale
was ha a ‘hop’ in ans was unlikely o be caused by DNA
ea angemen s o he han ansposi ion.
Because he i ulence plasmid (pSLT) o S. yphimu ium LT2 does
no ca y IS200 (5), he p esence o IS200 inse ions in pSLT can be
sco ed by compa ing he IS200 p o iles o isola es ca ying ex a
IS200 copies and hose o de i a i es cu ed o he i ulence plasmid.
Cu ing o pSLT was achie ed wi h he me hod o Tinge and Cu iss
III (23). Analysis o 54 LT2 de i a i es ca ying mo e han six
IS200 copies yielded h ee independen examples o plasmid-bo ne
IS200 elemen s. Sou he n hyb idiza ion analysis o pSLT DNA
diges ed wi h P uII, HincII, Ps I and A aI (and wi h combina ions
o hese enzymes) indica ed ha P uII–HincII diges ion o one o he
candida es gene a ed a band o only 3.7 kb, absen in he cu ed
de i a i e. This 3.7 kb agmen was cloned on o he SmaI si e o
pBluesc ip II SK(+) o gene a e plasmid pIZ801. Nes ed dele ions
wi h exonuclease III educed he size o he inse o pIZ801 o 1 kb;
Sou he n hyb idiza ion analysis indica ed ha he esul ing plasmid,
pIZ802, s ill ca ied IS200. The inse o pIZ802 was sequenced
using p ime s T7, T3, III and IV (Table 1). This IS200 elemen
inse ed in he i ulence plasmid (EMBL accession no. Y09564)
will be hence o h called IS200-VP.
Cha ac e iza ion o an IS200 elemen om S.abo uso is
S ain SS44 o S.abo uso is ca ies an IS200 elemen on a ∼9 kb
Ps I ch omosomal agmen (11). Ps I agmen s o ∼9 kb om
S.abo uso is SS44 we e cloned on o pBluesc ip I KS(+). The
p esence o IS200 among Lac–, Ap ans o man s o E.coli
DH5α was sc eened by Sou he n hyb idiza ion, using he EcoRI
agmen o pIZ46 as a p obe (2). One posi i e isola e was he
sou ce o plasmid pIZ72. Res ic ion analysis p o ed ha pIZ72
ca ied an inse o 9.5 kb. This inse was spli in wo agmen s
o 6.5 and 3 kb by S uI diges ion. The 3 kb agmen (bu no he
6.5 kb agmen ) hyb idized agains IS200 p obes, sugges ing ha
he IS200 elemen was loca ed in he small S uI agmen . The
la e was cloned on o pBluesc ip I KS(+) o gene a e plasmid
pIZ73.
To educe he size o he 3 kb S uI agmen o pIZ73, nes ed
dele ions we e gene a ed wi h exonuclease III. The p esence o
IS200 among dele ion de i a i es o pIZ73 was de ec ed by
Sou he n hyb idiza ion, as abo e. One plasmid ca ying a ∼1 kb
inse (pIZ74) was chosen o DNA sequencing wi h p ime s I, II,
V, T3 and T7. This IS200 elemen (EMBL accesion no. Y08755)
will be hence o h called IS200-SAO.
Gene al ea u es o IS200 elemen s om Salmonella
The h ee IS200 elemen s sequenced a e e y simila . IS200-HIS
is 707 bp, while IS200-VP and IS200-SAO a e bo h 708 bp. Some
ele an ea u es ound in hei sequences a e as ollows.
(i) All elemen s lack e minal epea s, as p e iously epo ed
(8,34,40). The ends o he h ee elemen s a e highly conse ed:
in he le -mos 50 bp, only 1 bp di e ence is ound be ween
IS200-HIS and IS200-VP, while IS200-SAO shows a 2 bp
di e ence wi h bo h IS200-HIS and IS200-VP. In u n, he
igh -mos 50 bp a e iden ical in IS200-HIS and IS200-VP and
1 bp di e ence (wi h bo h) is ound in IS200-SAO.
(ii) The h ee elemen s con ain a single ORF which can
po en ially yield a pep ide o 151 amino acids. The p edic ed
pep ides encoded by IS200-HIS and IS200-VP a e iden ical,
while he p edic ed pep ide o IS200-SAO shows ou amino acid
changes (Fig. 1). The numbe o changes in he nucleo ide
sequence o he ORFs a e as ollows: (a) only 1 bp di e ence (a
a hi d-codon posi ion) be ween IS200-HIS and IS200-VP;
(b) 10 n di e ences (six a hi d-codon posi ions) be ween
IS200-SAO and IS200-HIS; (c) 11 n di e ences (se en a
hi d-codon posi ions) be ween IS200-SAO and IS200-VP. Thus
he di e gence is highe a he DNA le el han a he pep ide le el,
sugges ing ha he coding capaci y o he ORF is selec i ely
main ained.
A da abank sea ch indica ed ha he IS200 ORF is ela ed o he
ansposase o IS1004, an inse ion elemen ound in Vib io
chole ae (41). Addi ional e idence ha he IS200 ORF may
encode he ansposase o he elemen is p o ided by he
obse a ion ha exp ession o he IS200 ORF om an inducible
p omo e inc eases he equency o a ious IS200-associa ed
DNA ea angemen s (42; C. R. Beuzón and J. Casadesús,
unpublished). Un o una ely, he a i y o IS200 ansposi ion has
so a hampe ed a di ec su ey o he unc ion o ORF1 (e.g.
mu a ions in ORF1 should ende a non- ansposing elemen ).
(iii) A po en ial ibosome-binding si e (5′-AGGGG-3′) is
loca ed be ween nucleo ides –5 and –9 ups eam o he s a
codon o he ORF. The sequence di e s only 1 bp om he
consensus and is loca ed a a s anda d dis ance om he s a
codon (43,44). This pu a i e ibosome-binding-si e is 100%
conse ed in all elemen s cha ac e ized in his s udy (and in IS200
elemen s om o he sou ces: see below).
(i ) Two egions ha can be expec ed o gi e ise o seconda y
s uc u es in hei ansc ip s a e ound ups eam o he ORF. The
le -mos s uc u e (nucleo ides 9–32) can gi e ise o a hai pin
(∆G0: –14.1 kcal/mol) which eminds o a Rho-independen
ansc ip ion e mina o (Fig. 2). This egion has been ac ually
shown o cause he pola i y o he inse ion hisD984::IS200 on he
dis al gene hisC (40). The po en ial hai pin is iden ical in
IS200-HIS and IS200-VP and shows a 1 bp di e ence (loca ed in
he s em) in IS200-SAO. T ansc ip ional e mina o s, bo h
Rho-dependen and Rho-independen , ha e been ound nea he
ends o many inse ion sequences and a e usually ega ded as
con ol elemen s ha e mina e ansc ip s en e ing he IS (12).
The second s uc u e is de ined by wo in e ed epea s loca ed
be ween nucleo ides 66–85 and 120–139. The second epea is
only 3 bp away om he s a o he ORF. The in e ed epea s can
gi e ise o a s em–loop s uc u e in he ansc ip (∆G0:
–25.8 kcal/mol). I o med, his s uc u e migh cause occlusion
o he ibosome-binding-si e (Fig. 2). The po en ial s em–loop
egion is iden ical in IS200-HIS and IS200-SAO and shows a
1 bp di e ence (in he s em) in IS200-VP.
Res ic ion analysis o IS200 elemen s om
S. yphimu ium LT2
Fi e IS200 elemen s p esen in he ch omosome o S. yphimu ium
LT2 (copies I, II, III, V and VI; 5,6) we e cloned using ‘locked-in’
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Figu e 1. Alignmen o he p edic ed pep ides encoded by he ORF o IS200 elemen s om a ious sou ces. HIS, VP and SAO a e he h ee IS200 elemen s sequenced
in his wo k. Copy IV is one o he IS200 elemen s o he S. yphimu ium ch omosome (5,6,46). SARA17 is ano he Salmonella IS200 elemen (3), while ECOR8,
ECOR51, ECOR63 and ECOR72 a e IS200 elemen s om E.coli (3). An IS200 elemen om Y.pes is (4) is also included. Columns a e shaded when mo e han hal
o he en ies a e iden ical.
Mud-P22 p ophages (10,45). Diges ions we e ca ied ou wi h
es ic ion enzymes ha gene a e dis inc es ic ion agmen s in
he elemen s IS200-HIS, IS200-VP and IS200-SAO: HpaII,
HaeIII, HindIII, HphI and EcoRI. Res ic ion agmen s we e
hen analyzed by Sou he n hyb idiza ion agains IS200 p obes.
The i e elemen s p o ed o ha e iden ical es ic ion maps (da a
no shown). These esul s sugges ha IS200 elemen s om
S. yphimu ium ha e a highly conse ed s uc u e, as p e iously
p oposed (3). Copy IV was no included in hese expe imen s
because i has been al eady sequenced (46); i is ex emely simila
o bo h IS200-HIS and IS200-VP (see below).
Sequence compa isons among IS200 elemen s om
a ious sou ces
Sequences o o he IS200 elemen s we e e ie ed om he
EMBL da abank and used o u he compa isons. The se-
quences compiled we e: (i) he comple e sequence o an IS200
elemen om Ye sinia pes is (6); (ii) he comple e sequence o
IS200 copy IV om he ch omosome o S. yphimu ium (46); he
pa ial sequences ob ained o an IS200 elemen om Salmonella
s ain SARA17 (16) and o IS200 elemen s om E.coli s ains
ECOR8, ECOR51, ECOR63 and ECOR72 (16). Rele an da a
a e as ollows.
(i) IS200 copy IV is 710 bp (46), ha is, 2 bp longe han
IS200-SAO and IS200-VP and 3 bp longe han IS200-HIS. The
IS200 elemen om Y.pes is is 709 bp (4). The leng h o he IS200
elemen s om s ains SARA17, ECOR8, ECOR51, ECOR63 and
ECOR72 is no known (16).
(ii) Only 1 bp change is ound in he 50 bp o he le end o
IS200 copy IV, wi h espec o IS200-HIS and IS200-VP.
Likewise, 1 bp change is ound in he igh end. The ends o he
IS200 elemen om Y.pes is a e also ex emely simila o hose o
IS200-HIS, IS200-SAO and IS200-VP: only 2 bp di e ences
om each o he IS200-HIS ends; 3 and 2 bp, espec i ely, wi h
he igh and le ends o IS200-VP; 4 and 1 bp di e ences wi h
he ends o IS200-SAO. The ends o he IS200 elemen s ound in
s ains SARA17, ECOR8, ECOR51, ECOR63 and ECOR72
ha e no been sequenced (3,16).
(iii) The IS200 elemen om Y.pes is con ains an ORF ha
po en ially encodes a pep ide o 151 amino acids, like
IS200-SAO, IS200-VP and IS200-HIS. Howe e he ORF om
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Figu e 2. (A) P edic ed s uc u e o he highly conse ed RNA hai pin loca ed
nea he le end o IS200. Base pai numbe s a e o IS200-HIS. (B) P edic ed
s uc u e o he s em–loop RNA s uc u e ha p ecedes he IS200 ORF. ‘SD’
indica es he posi ion o he pu a i e ibosome-binding-si e, whose bases a e
shown in bold ace. The posi ion o he s a codon o he ORF is also shown.
he Y.pes is IS200 elemen shows 14 amino acid di e ences wi h
he ORFs o IS200-HIS and IS200-VP (which a e iden ical). The
numbe o amino acid di e ences be ween IS200 SARA17 and
he pai IS200-HIS / IS200-VP is only i e. In ac , ou o hese
changes a ec he las i e amino acids o he p edic ed pep ide
and a e caused by a single –1 ameshi in IS200 SARA 17. The
ORF o IS200 copy IV is iden ical o ha o IS200 SARA 17.
(i ) The ORFs o he E.coli IS200 elemen s (3) encode
po en ial pep ides o ei he 152 amino acids (ECOR8, ECOR51
and ECOR63) o 142 amino acids (ECOR72). The numbe o
amino acid di e ences be ween hese elemen s and he pai
IS200-HIS/IS200-VP anges om 9 o 15.
( ) Excep when ameshi s a e in ol ed, he di e ences in
amino acid composi ion o he ORF unde es ima e he nucleo ide
a ia ion among IS200 elemen s. Fo ins ance, he ollowing
nucleo ide di e ences a e ound be ween he IS200-HIS ORF
egion and he ORFs o o he elemen s: IS200-VP, 1 bp; IS200
SARA17, 4 bp; IS200-SAO, 10 bp; IS200 ECOR51, 48 bp; and
IS200 ECOR72, 49 bp; IS200 ECOR 63, 52 bp; IS200 ECOR8,
53 bp; IS200 om Y.pes is, 75 bp.
Because he ORF is he only egion sequenced in all IS200
elemen s cha ac e ized om di e en hos s, we used he di e -
ences in he composi ion o hei p edic ed pep ides o ob ain he
phylogene ic ee shown in Figu e 3. This ee ep oduces he
phylogeny o he bac e ial species used as sou ces o IS200
(Salmonella, E.coli and Ye sinia: 14,15) and also e lec s he
ela edness among Salmonella species o se o a s (47). These
esul s a e he e o e suppo i e o he model ha IS200 is an
ances al elemen o he En e obac e iaceae (16).
Figu e 3. E olu iona y ee o IS200 elemen s om Salmonella, E.coli and
Ye sinia, cons uc ed using he p edic ed amino acid sequences o he pep ides
encoded by he IS200 ORF. A key o he names and ac onyms used o
designa e IS200 elemen s is gi en in he legend o Figu e 1. The scale ba
co esponds o one subs i u ion pe 100 amino acids.
Ou side he ORF, ex emely high sequence conse a ion is also
ound in he hai pin and s em–loop egions o IS200: o ins ance
no di e ences a e ound in hese DNA ac s be ween IS200 copy
IV (46) and he h ee elemen s whose sequence is epo ed in his
wo k (IS200-SAO, IS200-VP and IS200-HIS). The pu a i e
ibosome-binding-si e is also 100% conse ed in all IS200
elemen s, i espec i e o hei o igin.
Cha ac e iza ion o IS200 inse ion si es
The DNA sequences lanking he IS200 elemen inse ed a hisD
show wo A–T pai s a each side o he elemen (Fig. 4), hus
con i ming ha inse ion o IS200 a his si e caused a 2 bp
duplica ion, as p e iously epo ed (40). In u n, a da abank
sea ch o sequences homologous o he egions which lank he
IS200 inse ion in pSLT indica ed ha IS200 had inse ed in o he
imb ial ope on pe (48). An ex a A–T pai is ound a he IS200
inse ion si e, sugges ing ha IS200 inse ion a his si e has
gene a ed a 1 bp duplica ion.
The IS200 elemen om he S.abo uso is ch omosome is
lanked by wo A–T pai s a one side and eigh A–T pai s a he
o he side (Fig. 4). Because an IS200- ee e sion o his locus is
no a ailable, he occu ence o a duplica ion canno be con-
i med. Howe e , he p esence o A–T pai s a bo h sides sugges s
ha duplica ion o ei he 1 o 2 bp may ha e occu ed.
Suppo o he hypo hesis ha IS200 may duplica e 1 o 2 bp
a he inse ion si e is p o ided by addi ional da a collec ed om
he li e a u e (4,8) and om da abases (46). These da a, included
in Figu e 4, a e as ollows.
(i) The IS200 elemen inse ed in he gp gene is lanked by
h ee A–T pai s a one side and ou A–T pai s a he o he side
(8). Thus duplica ion o 1–3 bp may ha e occu ed. The exis ence
o a duplica ion canno be con i med because he wild- ype gp
sequence is no a ailable.
(ii) The IS200 elemen inse ed in he in A gene o Y.pes is is
lanked by ou A–T pai s a one side and wo A–T pai s a he
o he side (4); hus duplica ion o 1–2 bp may ha e occu ed. The
wild- ype sequence o he in A locus is no a ailable. Howe e ,

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Figu e 4. Junc ions be ween IS200 elemen s and hos sequences. The h ee uppe examples a e om elemen s sequenced in his s udy; sequences o he o he IS200
elemen s ha e been e ie ed om he li e a u e (4,8) o om he EMBL da abank (46).
in A loci ha e been sequenced in Y.en e ocoli ica (49,50) and
Y.pseudo ube culosa (51). These loci a e homologous o he
Y.pes is in A gene (77 and 94%, espec i ely). When he
compa ison is ca ied ou o he 30 bp ha lank he inse ion si e,
he homology is 100% and he only di e ence is he p esence o
wo ex a A–T pai s a he inse ion si e. Thus a 2 bp duplica ion
mus ha e occu ed.
Alignmen o IS200 inse ion si es does no disclose any
signi ican homologies; howe e , all he IS200 inse ion si es
appea o be A+T- ich: in he neighbo ing 13–25 bp, he
pe cen ages o A+T base pai s ange be ween 76 and 95%. Thus
we en a i ely sugges ha IS200 may ha e egional speci ici y
o A+T- ich DNA ac s, like o he inse ion elemen s (52–54).
DISCUSSION
Sequence compa isons sugges ha IS200 was al eady p esen in
he common ances o o E.coli, Salmonella and Ye sinia, a
hypo hesis ha ul ills he p edic ions o Bise cic and Ochman
(16). The ecen disco e y o an IS200-like elemen in Vib io
(41), a genus un ela ed o en e ic bac e ia, migh indica e ei he
he exis ence o IS200 in emo e s ages o bac e ial e olu ion o
he occu ence o ho izon al ans e . The la e is ega ded as a
a e e en among bac e ia (55), bu inse ion sequences a e
po en ial excep ions (56). In he case discussed he e, he high
di e gence be ween IS200 elemen s om en e ics and he
V.chole ae IS200-like elemen seems o ule ou ecen ho izon al
ans e (e.g., he p edic ed amino acid sequence o he ORF o he
V.chole ae IS200 elemen shows only a 40% iden i y wi h
IS200-HIS). Thus IS200 may be an ex emely old ansposable
elemen .
The IS200 elemen s cha ac e ized in his s udy a e 707–708 bp,
while S. yphimu ium copy IV is 710 bp (46) and he Y.pes is
IS200 elemen is 709 bp (4). A size o 707–710 bp makes IS200
one o he smalles inse ion elemen s ound in bac e ia (12).
Ano he ele an ea u e, he lack o e minal epea s, is a e
among p oka yo ic inse ion elemen s (12), albei wi h well-
known excep ions like bac e iophage Mu (57).
All IS200 inse ion si es show a high A+T con en , bu a
consensus a ge si e canno be deduced om he inse ion si es
a ailable. I he numbe o a ge s s udied is signi ican , he
p e e ence o IS200 o A+T- ich egions may co ela e he
beha io o IS200 wi h ha o elemen s ha show egional
speci ici y bu no de ined a ge s: o ins ance, IS1 (52–54), IS21
(58), IS50 (59,60) and IS186 (61,62). Regional speci ici y may
be aken as e idence ha he ansposase o he elemen
ecognizes a opological DNA s uc u e, a he han a de ined
a ge (63,64).
IS200 gene a es duplica ions o 1–2 bp a he inse ion si e
(Fig. 4), al hough he da a a ailable do no exclude he possibili y
o longe duplica ions (e.g., 3 bp). I con i med, he o ma ion o
duplica ions o a iable leng h would es ablish again a pa allel-
lism be ween IS200 and IS1 (54,65), IS21 (58) and IS186
(61,62).
The sca ci y o IS200-induced mu a ions and he lack o
eliable ansposi ion assays aised he ques ion o whe he he
Salmonella genome migh con ain inac i e (i.e., degene a e)
IS200 copies (9). Howe e , his s udy seems o ule ou his
possibili y: IS200 ‘hops’ and IS200 elemen s esiding in he
Salmonella genome a e simila o iden ical; hus mos , pe haps all
Salmonella IS200 elemen s can be expec ed o be ac i e. I such
is he case, he ex emely low equency o IS200 ansposi ion
(9,10) mus e lec he no mal beha io o he elemen . This
hypo hesis is suppo ed by he obse a ion ha na u al isola es o
Salmonella show s able S200 inge p in s (11).
Al hough he da a a ailable a e la gely desc ip i e, ce ain
s uc u al ea u es o IS200 sugges hypo he ical mechanisms ha
migh educe he ac i i y o he elemen . The pu a i e ansposase
gene appea s o be ansc ibed a ex emely low a es (10). In
addi ion, he hai pin loca ed nea he le end o IS200 migh
p e en ansc ip ion om ex e nal p omo e s and he s em–loop
ha occludes he ibosome-binding-si e o he pu a i e anspo-
sase gene migh keep ansla ion low. Al hough he exis ence o
hese mul iple con ols awai s expe imen al con i ma ion, i
p o ides a model o explain he pa adoxical beha io o IS200, an
inse ion elemen ha a ely ‘hops’. A low equency o
ansposi ion can be iewed as a sel - es ain mechanism (66);
hus he low ac i i y o IS200 migh ha e ac ually a o ed i s
e olu iona y pe sis ence.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This s udy was suppo ed by g an PB93/649 om he Di ección
Gene al de In es igación Cien í ica y Técnica (DGICYT) o
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Spain. Addi ional unding was p o ided by he Regional
Go e nmen o Andalusia (Jun a de Andalucía). We a e g a e ul
o Angela Schia ino o he con ibu ion o he cloning o
IS200-SAO, o Ja ie Ruiz Albe o ad ice abou DNA
sequencing, o Nicolás P ados o help wi h compu e p og ams
and o Gab iel Gu ié ez o ad ice on phylogene ic ees. We
hank John Ro h, Ken Haack, Fe nando Go an es and Edua do
San e o o help ul discussions. We also acknowledge he
e icien assis ance ecei ed om José Có doba and Luis
Romanco.
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