DNA polymerase I acts in translesion synthesis mediated by the Y-polymerases in Bacillus subtilis
DNA polymerase I acts in translesion synthesis mediated by the Y-polymerases in Bacillus subtilis
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04725.x
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发表时间:
2005-08-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Noirot-Gros, MF
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作者:
Duigou, S;Ehrlich, SD;Noirot-Gros, MF
Translesion synthesis (TLS) across damaged DNA bases is most often carried out by the ubiquitous error-prone DNA polymerases of the Y-family. Bacillus subtilis encodes two Y-polymerases, Pol Y1 and Pol Y2, that mediate TLS resulting in spontaneous and ultraviolet light (UV)-induced mutagenesis respectively. Here we show that TLS is a bipartite dual polymerase process in B. subtilis, involving not only the Y-polymerases but also the A-family polymerase, DNA polymerase I (Pol 1). Both the spontaneous and the UV-induced mutagenesis are abolished in Pol I mutants affected solely in the polymerase catalytic site. Physical interactions between Pol I and either of the Pol Y polymerases, as well as formation of a ternary complex between Pol Y1, Pol I and the P-clamp, were detected by yeast two- and three-hybrid assays, supporting the model of a functional coupling between the A- and Y-family polymerases in TLS. We suggest that the Pol Y carries the synthesis across the lesion, and Pol I takes over to extend the synthesis until the functional replisome resumes replication. This key role of Pol I in TLS uncovers a new function of the A-family DNA polymerases.