Massive gene duplication event among clinical isolates of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis W/Beijing family.

Journal of Bacteriology
Pilar DomenechMichael B Reed

Abstract

As part of our effort to uncover the molecular basis for the phenotypic variation among clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, we have previously reported that isolates belonging to the W/Beijing lineage constitutively overexpress the DosR-regulated transcriptional program. While generating dosR knockouts in two independent W/Beijing sublineages, we were surprised to discover that they possess two copies of dosR. This dosR amplification is part of a massive genomic duplication spanning 350 kb and encompassing >300 genes. In total, this equates to 8% of the genome being present as two copies. The presence of IS6110 elements at both ends of the region of duplication, and in the novel junction region, suggests that it arose through unequal homologous recombination of sister chromatids at the IS6110 sequences. Analysis of isolates representing the major M. tuberculosis lineages has revealed that the 350-kb duplication is restricted to the most recently evolved sublineages of the W/Beijing family. Within these isolates, the duplication is partly responsible for the constitutive dosR overexpression phenotype. Although the nature of the selection event giving rise to the duplication remains unresolved, its evolution is almost c...Continue Reading

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