The Transposon Registry

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Tn3351
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Chloramphenicol
Characteristics
Tn3351 is a chloramphenicol resistant transposon which was originally identified in the R plasmid from Salmonella naestved AHI-21 and Escherichia coli AHI-1.
References

Terakado, N. O. B. U. Y. U. K. I., Sekizaki, T., Hashimoto, K., Yamagata, S., & Yamamoto, T. (1981). Chloramphenicol transposons found in Salmonella naestved and Escherichia coli of domestic animal origin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 20(3), 382-386. PMCID: PMC181705

Tn3352
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Chloramphenicol
Characteristics
Tn3352 is a chloramphenicol resistant transposon which is very identical to Tn3351. It was also identified in the R plasmids of Salmonella naestved AHI-21 and Escherichia coli AHI-1.
References

Terakado, N. O. B. U. Y. U. K. I., Sekizaki, T., Hashimoto, K., Yamagata, S., & Yamamoto, T. (1981). Chloramphenicol transposons found in Salmonella naestved and Escherichia coli of domestic animal origin. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 20(3), 382-386. PMCID: PMC181705

Tn3401
  • Heavy Metal Resistance
  • Mercury Resistance
Characteristics
Tn3401 is a transposon, conferring mercury resistance in Pseudomonas fluorescens.
References

Radford AJ, et al. (1981). Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 147(3), 1110–1112. PMID: 6268601

Tn3402
  • Heavy Metal Resistance
  • Mercury Resistance
Characteristics
Tn3402 is a transposon conferring mercury resistance in Citrobacter sp., which is identical to Tn3403.
References

Radford AJ, et al. (1981). Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 147(3), 1110–1112. PMID: 6268601

Tn3403
  • Heavy Metal Resistance
  • Mercury Resistance
Characteristics
Tn3403 is a transposon conferring mercury resistance in Klebsiella sp., which is identical to Tn3402.
References

Radford AJ, et al. (1981). Translocatable resistance to mercuric and phenylmercuric ions in soil bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 147(3), 1110–1112. PMID: 6268601

Tn3411
  • Metabolism
  • Citrate utilisation
Characteristics
Tn3411 is a 7.4-kb composite transposon, found on a plasmid pOH3001 from Escherichia coli. It carries a citrate utilisation genes (citA and citB), which is flanked by direct repeats of IS3411.
References

Ishiguro, N., & Sato, G. (1988). Nucleotide sequence of insertion sequence IS3411, which flanks the citrate utilization determinant of transposon Tn3411. Journal of Bacteriology, 170(4), 1902–1906. DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.4.1902-1906.1988

Ishiguro, N., & Sato, G. (1985). Nucleotide sequence of the gene determining plasmid-mediated citrate utilization. Journal of Bacteriology, 164(3), 977–982. PMID: 2999087

Ishiguro, N., & Sato, G. (1984). Spontaneous deletion of citrate-utilizing ability promoted by insertion sequences. Journal of Bacteriology, 160(2), 642–650. PMID: 6094480

Accession number
Tn3434
Characteristics
Tn3434 is a 3.7-kb transposon, which is a member of Tn3 family. It is isolated from Paracoccus pantotrophus DSM 11072 by using a shuttle entrapment vector pMEC1. It contains two ORFs, encoding transposase and resolvase.
References

Bartosik, D., Sochacka, M., & Baj, J. (2003). Identification and Characterization of Transposable Elements of Paracoccus pantotrophus. Journal of Bacteriology, 185(13), 3753–3763. DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3753-3763.2003

Accession number
Tn3611
  • Heavy Metal Resistance
  • Mercury Resistance
Characteristics
Tn3611 is a 9-kb Tn3-like transposon, containing mer operon, tnpA and tnpR genes. It was found from the chromosome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa BS205.
References

Erova, T. E., et al. (1988). Characteristics of Tn3611 and Tn3613 transposons discovered in the chromosome of the BS205 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Genetika 24(5): 781-790. PMID: 2843420

Tn3613
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Kanamycin
  • Sulphonamide
  • Heavy Metal Resistance
  • Mercury Resistance
Characteristics
Tn3613 is a 24-kb transposon, containing Tn3611 (flanked by inverted repeats 2.2 kb in size) and DHPS-II, aad genes, which was identified from the chromosome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa BS205.
References

Erova, T. E., et al. (1988). Characteristics of Tn3611 and Tn3613 transposons discovered in the chromosome of the BS205 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Genetika 24(5): 781-790. PMID: 2843420

Tn3614
Characteristics
Tn3614 is a 7.2 kb transposon, containing the right-hand and left-hand sequences of Tn4654. It was found in Pseudomonas putida.
References

Mae, A. A. and A. L. Heinaru (1994). Transposon-mediated mobilization of chromosomally located catabolic operons of the CAM plasmid by TOL plasmid transposon Tn4652 and CAM plasmid transposon Tn3614. Microbiology 140 ( Pt 4): 915-921. DOI: 10.1099/00221287-140-4-915

Tn3651
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Ampicillin
Characteristics
Tn3651 is a Tn3-like transposon located on plasmid pWP14a, conferring ampicillin resistance.
References

Brau, B. and W. Piepersberg (1983). Cointegrational transduction and mobilization of gentamicin resistance plasmid pWP14a is mediated by IS140. Mol Gen Genet 189(2): 298-303. DOI: 10.1007/BF00337820

Tn3701
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Erythromycin
  • Tetracycline
Characteristics
Tn3701 is a 50 kb conjugative transposon, originally detected in the chromosome of Streptococcus pyogenes A454. It encodes resistance to erythromycin, tetracycline, and minocycline. It carries another 19.7 kb transposon designated as Tn3703.
References

Le Bouguénec, C., De Cespedes, G., & Horaud, T. (1988). Molecular analysis of a composite chromosomal conjugative element (Tn3701) of Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Bacteriology, 170(9), 3930-3936. PMCID: PMC211392

Tn3702
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Tetracycline
Characteristics
Tn3702 is a 18.5 kb conjugative transposon similar to Tn916. It encodes resistance to tetracycline and minocycline. It was originally detected in Enterococcus faecalis strain D434.
References

Horaud, T., Delbos, F., & de Cespédès, G. (1990). Tn3702, a conjugative transposon in Enterococcus faecalis. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 72(1-2), 189-194.DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(90)90370-6

Tn3703
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Erythromycin
  • Tetracycline
Characteristics
Tn3703 is a 19.7 kb transposon located within another 50 kb conjugative transposon, Tn3701. The resistance determinants for erythromycin, tetracycline and minocycline are located within Tn3703. The structure of Tn3703 is very similar to Tn916.
References

Le Bouguénec, C., De Cespedes, G., & Horaud, T. (1988). Molecular analysis of a composite chromosomal conjugative element (Tn3701) of Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Bacteriology, 170(9), 3930-3936. PMCID: PMC211392

Tn3704
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Erythromycin
  • Tetracycline
Characteristics
Tn3704 is a 20.3 kb transposon located within another conjugative transposon, Tn3705 and was originally detected in the chromosome of Streptococcus anginosus F22. It encodes resistance to erythromycin, tetracycline and minocycline. The structure of Tn3704 is similar to Tn916.
References

Clermont, D., & Horaud, T. (1994). Genetic and molecular studies of a composite chromosomal element (Tn3705) containing a Tn916-modified structure (Tn3704) in Streptococcus anginosus F22. Plasmid, 31(1), 40-48. DOI: 10.1006/plas.1994.1005

Tn3705
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Erythromycin
  • Tetracycline
Characteristics
Tn3705 is a conjugative transposon with an approximate size of 52.0 kb. It encodes resistance to erythromycin, tetracycline and minocycline. The resistant determinants are located within another transposon designated as Tn3704 (approximately 20.3 kb).
References

Clermont, D., & Horaud, T. (1994). Genetic and molecular studies of a composite chromosomal element (Tn3705) containing a Tn916-modified structure (Tn3704) in Streptococcus anginosus F22. Plasmid, 31(1), 40-48. DOI: 10.1006/plas.1994.1005

Tn3706
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Kanamycin
Characteristics
Tn3706 is a chromosomal getamicin-kanamycin resistance transposon originally detected in Streptococcus agalactiae B128.
References

Horaud, T., de Céspèdes, G. I. L. D. A., & Trieu-Cuot, P. (1996). Chromosomal gentamicin resistance transposon Tn3706 in Streptococcus agalactiae B128. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 40(5), 1085-1090. PMCID: PMC163270 

Tn3707
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Tetracycline
Characteristics
Tn3707 is a tetracycline-minocycline resistance transposon carried by a Tn916-like element.
References

Horaud, T., de Céspèdes, G. I. L. D. A., & Trieu-Cuot, P. (1996). Chromosomal gentamicin resistance transposon Tn3706 in Streptococcus agalactiae B128. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 40(5), 1085-1090. PMCID: PMC163270

Tn3851
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Gentamicin
  • Kanamycin
Characteristics
Tn3851 is a 5.2 kb transposon encoding resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin and kanamycin. It was found on plasmid pWG115 isolated from a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
References

Townsend, D. E., Ashdown, N., Greed, L. C., & Grubb, W. B. (1984). Transposition of gentamicin resistance to staphylococcal plasmids encoding resistance to cationic agents. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 14(2), 115-124. DOI: 10.1093/jac/14.2.115

Tn3853
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Erythromycin
  • Lincomycin
  • Streptomycin
Characteristics
Tn3853 is a transposon very identical to Tn554. It encodes resistance to erythromycin, lincomycin and spectinomycin. It was originally detected in the plasmid pWG4 of Staphylococcus aureus and pWG25 of S. epidermidis.
References

Townsend, D. E., Bolton, S., Ashdown, N., Annear, D. I., & Grubb, W. B. (1986). Conjugative, Staphylococcal plasmids carrying hitch-hiking transposons similar to Tn554: Intra- and iterspecies dissemination of erythromycin resistance. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology & Medical Science, 64(4): 381-387. DOI:10.1038/icb.1986.39

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