Response of repair-competent and repair-deficient Escherichia coli to three O6-substituted guanines and involvement of methyl-directed mismatch repair in the processing of O6-methylguanine residues.
Response of repair-competent and repair-deficient Escherichia coli to three O6-substituted guanines and involvement of methyl-directed mismatch repair in the processing of O6-methylguanine residues.
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具有修复能力和修复缺陷的大肠杆菌对三个 O6 取代鸟嘌呤的响应以及甲基定向错配修复参与 O6-甲基鸟嘌呤残基的加工。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00197a020
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发表时间:
1994
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Moschel,RC
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作者:
Pauly,GT;Hughes,SH;Moschel,RC
Revised Manuscript Received May 24, 1994* abstract: Plasmids containing a site-specifically incorporated 06-methyl-(m6G), C^-ethyl-(e6G), or O6-benzylguanine (b6G) within the ATG initiation codon of the lacZ'gene were used to transform Escherichia coli that were repair proficient or deficient in one or both of the E. coli C^-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferases, the uvr (ABC) excision repair system, the recvl-mediated recombination system, or the methylation-directed mismatch repair system. Colonies were scored phenotypically for adduct-induced mutations. With plasmids containing either e6G or b6G, the frequency of adduct-induced mutation was low and independent of the repair proficiency of the strain transformed. Plasmids containing an m6G residue elicited similar responses in all but the mismatch repair-deficient strain. The generally low mutagenicity of all the^-substituted guanines was interpreted as reflecting an adduct-induced arrest of replication of the modified strand while the unmodified complementary strand was replicated normally. Studies of the involvement of mismatch repair in m6G mutagenesis showed that m6G: T base pairs were more readily processed than m6G: C base pairs, indicatingthat mismatch repair involving m6G residues occurs after replication. These data support a model in which the E. coli methylation-directed mismatch repair system diverts plasmids containing promutagenic m6G: T base pairs into replication-arrested complexes providing another lineof defense against C^-methylguanine mutagenicity in addition to C^-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase repair and excision repair mechanisms.Site-specific incorporation of carcinogen-modified bases in plasmid or viral vectors and introduction of these vectors into bacteria or mammalian cells can provide valuable information on how biological systems respond to particular carcinogen-DNA adducts (Basu & Essigmann, 1988; Strauss & Loeb, 1989). The mutagenic potencies of several carcinogenmodified bases have been examined using this approach (Singer