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Integration of the bacteriophage phi 3T-coded thymidylate synthetase gene into the Bacillus subtilis chromosome.

ABSTRACT

Transformation of Bacillus subtilis 168 Thy- auxotrophs with phi 3T deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to thymine independence was found to involve site-specific recombination of phi 3T DNA sequences with their homologous counterparts in the bacterial chromosome. During the transformation, the phage phi 3T-encoded thymidylate synthetase gene, thyP3, was shown to integrate at two genetically distinct sites in the B. Subtilis 168 chromosome. The first site was identified to be in the bacterial thymidylate synthetase gene, thyA. The second site was in a prophage (SPB) known to be carried in the host genome. The frequency of the integration of the thyP3 gene at each of the two loci and some of the parameters affecting this frequency were studied. The common origin of the thyP3 and thyA genes and their molecular evolution are also reported.

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