Deletion of porA by Recombination between Clusters of Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic Sequences in Neisseria meningitidis
AUTOR(ES)
van der Ende, A.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
PorA is an important component in a vaccine against infection with Neisseria meningitidis. However, porA-negative meningococci were isolated from patients, thereby potentially limiting the role of PorA-mediated immunity. To analyze the mechanism by which the porA deletion occurred, the regions upstream and downstream of porA from three meningococcal strains (H44/76, H355, and 860183) were sequenced. The porA upstream region in strain 860183 contains a cluster of 22 repetitive palindromic RS3 core sequences (ATTCCC-N8-GGGAAT) and 10 RS3 core sequences (ATTCCC) in direct orientation. The cluster is flanked by neisserial repeats, so-called Correia elements, and can be subdivided into three repeats of 518 bp followed by a truncated repeat. The porA upstream region of the other two strains showed deletions, probably caused by a recombination between RS3 core sequences. The porA downstream region of H44/76 and H355 contains the IS1106 element followed by a cluster of 10 palindromic RS3 core sequences, 4 RS3 core sequences, and 1 other RS3 core sequence (GGGAAT) and is followed by a Correia element. This cluster can be subdivided into four direct repeats of 370 bp. Strain 860183 had two such repeats instead of four. Sequence analysis of the porA-negative variants indicated that the deletion of porA occurred via a recombination between two copies of the 116-bp region, containing two palindromic RS3 core sequences and a single RS3 core sequence. This region is homologous in the upstream and downstream clusters.
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