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The GenBank accession numbers for the sequences in this paper are AF333235 (Tn5397) and AF329848 [part of CW459tet(M)].
Comparative analysis of the conjugative transposons Tn5397 from Clostridium difficile and Tn916 from Enterococcus faecalis, and the CW459tet(M) element from Clostridium perfringens, has revealed that these tetracycline-resistance elements are closely related. All three elements contain the tet(M) resistance gene and have sequence similarity throughout their central region. However, they have very different integration/excision modules. Instead of the int and xis genes that are found in Tn916, Tn5397 has a large resolvase gene, tndX. The C. perfringens element encodes the putative Int459 protein, which is a member of the integrase family of site-specific recombinases but is not closely related to Int from Tn916. Based on these studies it is concluded that the clostridial elements have a modular genetic organization and were derived independently from distinct mobile genetic elements.
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