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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, p. 2113-2126, Vol. 187, No. 6
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.6.2113-2126.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Comparative Genomic Analysis of the pPT23A Plasmid Family of Pseudomonas syringae

Youfu Zhao,1 Zhonghua Ma,1 and George W. Sundin1,2*

Department of Plant Pathology,1 Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan2

Received 1 October 2004/ Accepted 13 December 2004

Members of the pPT23A plasmid family of Pseudomonas syringae play an important role in the interaction of this bacterial pathogen with host plants. Complete sequence analysis of several pPT23A family plasmids (PFPs) has provided a glimpse of the gene content and virulence function of these plasmids. We constructed a macroarray containing 161 genes to estimate and compare the gene contents of 23 newly analyzed and eight known PFPs from 12 pathovars of P. syringae, which belong to four genomospecies. Hybridization results revealed that PFPs could be distinguished by the type IV secretion system (T4SS) encoded and separated into four groups. Twelve PFPs along with pPSR1 from P. syringae pv. syringae, pPh1448B from P. syringae pv. phaseolicola, and pPMA4326A from P. syringae pv. maculicola encoded a type IVA T4SS (VirB-VirD4 conjugative system), whereas 10 PFPs along with pDC3000A and pDC3000B from P. syringae pv. tomato encoded a type IVB T4SS (tra system). Two plasmids encoded both T4SSs, whereas six other plasmids carried none or only a few genes of either the type IVA or type IVB secretion system. Most PFPs hybridized to more than one putative type III secretion system effector gene and to a variety of additional genes encoding known P. syringae virulence factors. The overall gene contents of individual PFPs were more similar among plasmids within each of the four groups based on T4SS genes; however, a number of genes, encoding plasmid-specific functions or hypothetical proteins, were shared among plasmids from different T4SS groups. The only gene shared by all PFPs in this study was the repA gene, which encoded sequences with 87 to 99% amino acid identityamong 25 sequences examined. We proposed a model to illustrate the evolution and gene acquisition of the pPT23A plasmid family. To our knowledge, this is the first such attempt to conduct a global genetic analysis of this important plasmid family.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Plant Pathology and Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, 103 Center for Integrated Plant Systems, East Lansing, MI 48824. Phone: (517) 355-4573. Fax: (517) 353-5598. E-mail: sundin{at}msu.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, p. 2113-2126, Vol. 187, No. 6
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.6.2113-2126.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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