Mfd translocase is necessary and sufficient for transcription-coupled repair in Escherichia coli
Mfd translocase is necessary and sufficient for transcription-coupled repair in Escherichia coli
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.c117.818807
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发表时间:
2017-11-10
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Selby, Christopher P.
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作者:
Adebali, Ogun;Sancar, Aziz;Selby, Christopher P.
Nucleotide excision repair in Escherichia coli is stimulated by transcription, specifically in the transcribed strand. Previously, it was shown that this transcription-coupled repair (TCR) is mediated by the Mfd translocase. Recently, it was proposed that in fact the majority of TCR in E. coli is catalyzed by a second pathway (backtracking-mediated TCR) that is dependent on the UvrD helicase and the guanosine pentaphosphate (ppGpp) alarmone/stringent response regulator. Recently, we reported that as measured by the excision repair-sequencing (XR-seq), UvrD plays no role in TCR genome-wide. Here, we tested the role of ppGpp and UvrD in TCR genome-wide and in the lacZ operon using the XR-seq method, which directly measures repair. We found that the mfd mutation abolishes TCR genome-wide and in the lacZ operon. In contrast, the relA(-)spoT(-) mutant deficient in ppGpp synthesis carries out normal TCR. We conclude that UvrD and ppGpp play no role in TCR in E. coli.