PMID:15985388
| Citation |
Bridges, BA (2005) Error-prone repair and translesion synthesis III: the activation of UmuD (or less is more). DNA Repair (Amst.) 4:1047-8, 1058-9 |
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| Abstract |
Following DNA damage to Escherichia coli bacteria, RecA protein is activated by binding to single stranded DNA and cleaves its own gene repressor (LexA protein). Two papers from Graham Walker's laboratory showed that several bacterial genes in addition to RecA are repressed by the LexA repressor and are inducible following DNA damage [C.J. Keyon, G.C. Walker, DNA-damaging agents stimulate gene expression at specific loci in Escherichia coli, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77, 1980, pp. 2819--2823] and predicted that one of them (UmuD) might itself be subject to activation by a further cleavage reaction involving activated RecA protein [K.L. Perry, S.J. Elledge, B.B. Mitchell, L. Marsh, G.C. Walker, umuD,C and mucA,B operans whose products are required for UV light- and chemical-induced mutagenesis: UmuD, MucA, and LexA proteins share homology, in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 82, 1985, pp. 4331--4335]. The processed form of UmuD, termed UmuD', later proved to be a subunit of DNA polymerase V, a key enzyme involved in translesion synthesis. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.05.006 |
| Keywords |
Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/history; DNA Damage; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; History, 20th Century; Mutagenesis; Rec A Recombinases/genetics; Rec A Recombinases/history; Recombination, Genetic; SOS Response (Genetics); Ultraviolet Rays |
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