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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2017

Role of Ribonucleotide Reductase in Bacillus subtilis Stress-Associated Mutagenesis.

Karla Viridiana Castro-Cerritos, Ronald E Yasbin, Eduardo A Robleto, Mario Pedraza-Reyes

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2017. 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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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karla Viridiana Castro-CerritosDepartment of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Ronald E YasbinCollege of Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Eduardo A RobletoSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Mario Pedraza-ReyesDepartment of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico pedrama@ugto.mx.
Universidad de Guanajuato · MXUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis · USUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas · US

Funding

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAININGP20RR016464 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI REIBER, CARL · 2001 to 2011
$30.3M
Stationary phase mutagenesis, a component of cell differentiationR15GM110624 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · PI ROBLETO, EDUARDO A · 2014 to 2014
$339k
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Gram-positive microorganism Bacillus subtilis relies on a single class Ib ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) to generate 2'-deoxyribonucleotides (dNDPs) for DNA replication and repair. In this work, we investigated the influence of RNR levels on B. subtilis stationary-phase-associated mutagenesis (SPM). Since RNR is essential in this bacterium, we engineered a conditional mutant of strain B. subtilis YB955 (hisC952 metB5 leu427) in which expression of the nrdEF operon was modulated by isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). Moreover, genetic inactivation of ytcG, predicted to encode a repressor (NrdR) of nrdEF in this strain, dramatically increased the expression levels of a transcriptional nrdE-lacZ fusion. The frequencies of mutations conferring amino acid prototrophy in three genes were measured in cultures under conditions that repressed or induced RNR-encoding genes. The results revealed that RNR was necessary for SPM and overexpression of nrdEF promoted growth-dependent mutagenesis and SPM. We also found that nrdEF expression was induced by H IMPORTANCE: Results presented in this study support the concept that the adverse metabolic conditions prevailing in nutritionally stressed bacteria activate an oxidative stress response that disturbs ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) levels. Such an alteration of RNR levels promotes mutagenic events that allow Bacillus subtilis to escape from growth-limited conditions.

Indexed as

Bacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicMutagenesisMutationOxidative StressRibonucleotide ReductasesBacterial ProteinsRibonucleotide ReductasesBacillus subtilisribonucleotide reductasestress-associated mutagenesis

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PMID27920297
PMCPMC5287397
OpenAlexW2559949315

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