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ArticleBiochemistry2011

Genetic requirement for mutagenesis of the G[8,5-Me]T cross-link in Escherichia coli: DNA polymerases IV and V compete for error-prone bypass.

Paromita Raychaudhury, Ashis K Basu

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Article in Biochemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paromita RaychaudhuryDepartment of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.
Ashis K Basu
University of Connecticut · US

Funding

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DNA ADDUCTS FORMED BY NITROPYRENESR01ES009127 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI BASU, ASHIS K, SUO, ZUCAI · 1998 to 2014
$3.5M
Ring-Opened and Tandem DNA DamagesR01ES013324 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI BASU, ASHIS K · 2006 to 2010
$1.5M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES013324NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES009127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

γ-Radiation generates a variety of complex lesions in DNA, including the G[8,5-Me]T intrastrand cross-link in which C8 of guanine is covalently linked to the 5-methyl group of the 3'-thymine. We have investigated the toxicity and mutagenesis of this lesion by replicating a G[8,5-Me]T-modified plasmid in Escherichia coli with specific DNA polymerase knockouts. Viability was very low in a strain lacking pol II, pol IV, and pol V, the three SOS-inducible DNA polymerases, indicating that translesion synthesis is conducted primarily by these DNA polymerases. In the single-polymerase knockout strains, viability was the lowest in a pol V-deficient strain, which suggests that pol V is most efficient in bypassing this lesion. Most mutations were single-base substitutions or deletions, though a small population of mutants carrying two point mutations at or near the G[8,5-Me]T cross-link was also detected. Mutations in the progeny occurred at the cross-linked bases as well as at bases near the lesion site, but the mutational spectrum varied on the basis of the identity of the DNA polymerase that was knocked out. Mutation frequency was the lowest in a strain that lacked the three SOS DNA polymerases. We determined that pol V is required for most targeted G → T transversions, whereas pol IV is required for the targeted T deletions. Our results suggest that pol V and pol IV compete to carry out error-prone bypass of the G[8,5-Me]T cross-link.

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MutagenesisBase SequenceDNA, BacterialDNA DamageDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA Polymerase betaDNA RepairEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Knockout TechniquesMicrobial ViabilitySequence DeletionDNA, BacterialDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA Polymerase betaDNA polymerase V, E coliEscherichia coli Proteins

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PMID21302943
PMCPMC3062377
OpenAlexW2005905897

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