IS 982 and kin: new insights into an old IS family.
(2020) Mobile DNA — Vol. 11, p. 24 [1-12] (2020)
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Mahillon, Jacques 
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- Insertion sequences (IS) are ubiquitous transposable elements with a very simple organization: two inverted repeats flanking a transposase coding gene. IS is one of 26 insertion sequence families known so far. With 70 registered members in the ISFinder database, this family remains somewhat unexplored, despite the association of many of its members with important features such as antibiotic resistance. IS has a fairly simple organization with a mean length of ca. 1 Kb, two inverted repeats with conserved 5' AC 3' ends flanking a transposase coding gene and direct repeats of variable lengths. Its transposase has a RNAse-H like chemistry with an atypical DDE motif. In this study, we first highlight the current knowledge on the IS family by dissecting its registered members and their characteristics. Secondly, we bring new insights into this old, yet uncharted IS family, by exploring its registered elements, as well as the genomic and proteomic databases of bacterial and archaeal strains. This probing showed that the presence and distribution of this family goes far beyond the clear-cut registry of ISFinder database.
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Fayad, N., Kallassy Awad, M., & Mahillon, J. (2020). IS 982 and kin: new insights into an old IS family. Mobile DNA, 11, 24 [1-12]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-020-00221-z (Original work published 2020)