Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 11, 829-838, Copyright © 1994 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
K Aoyama, AM Haase and PR Reeves
The cps cluster of Escherichia coli K-12 comprises genes involved in
synthesis of capsular polysaccharide colanic acid. Part of the E. coli K-12
cps region has been cloned and sequenced and compared to its Salmonella
enterica LT2 counterpart. The cps genes from the two organisms are
homologous; in the case of the LT2 genes, with G+C content of 0.61 and
codons characteristic of high G+C species, it seems clear that they have
been acquired relatively recently by lateral transfer from a high G+C
species. The K-12 form of these cps genes is closely related to those of
LT2 so must derive from the same high G+C species, but it appears to have
transferred much earlier such that random genetic drift has brought P3 (the
corrected G+C content of codon base 3) down from 0.77 to 0.64, more than
halfway to the E. coli average of 0.57. We estimate, using an equation
developed by Sueoka, that the lateral transfer to E. coli took place
approximately 45 million years ago. This is the first report we are aware
of demonstrating the expected adjustment of P3 after lateral transfer
between species with different G+C content DNA.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Evidence for effect of random genetic drift on G+C content after lateral transfer of fucose pathway genes to Escherichia coli K-12
Department of Microbiology, University of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
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