PMID:8633075
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Slupska, MM, Baikalov, C, Lloyd, R and Miller, JH (1996) Mutator tRNAs are encoded by the Escherichia coli mutator genes mutA and mutC: a novel pathway for mutagenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93:4380-5 |
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| Abstract |
We have previously described the mutator alleles mutA and mutC, which map at 95 minutes and 42 minutes, respectively, on the Escherichia coli genetic map and which stimulate transversions; the A.T-->T.A and G.C-->T.A substitutions are the most prominent. In this study we show that both mutA and mutC result from changes in the anticodon in one of four copies of the same glycine tRNA, at either the glyV or the glyW locus. This change results in a tRNA that inserts glycine at aspartic acid codons. In view of previous studies of missense suppressor tRNAs, the mistranslation of aspartic acid codons is assumed to occur at approximately 1-2%. We postulate that the mutator tRNA effect is exerted by generating a mutator polymerase and suggest that the epsilon subunit of DNA polymerase, which provides a proofreading function, is the most likely target. The implications of these findings for the contribution of mistranslation to observed spontaneous mutation rates in wild-type strains, as well as other cellular phenomena such as aging, are discussed. |
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| Keywords |
Alleles; Amino Acid Sequence; Aspartic Acid; Base Composition; Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; DNA Primers; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Genes, Bacterial; Genetic Complementation Test; Glycine; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis; Plasmids; Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Transfer/biosynthesis; RNA, Transfer, Gly/biosynthesis; RNA, Transfer, Gly/genetics; Restriction Mapping |
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