PMID:9402025
| Citation |
Bierne, H, Seigneur, M, Ehrlich, SD and Michel, B (1997) uvrD mutations enhance tandem repeat deletion in the Escherichia coli chromosome via SOS induction of the RecF recombination pathway. Mol. Microbiol. 26:557-67 |
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| Abstract |
It has previously been shown that recombination between tandem repeats is not significantly affected by a recA mutation in Escherichia coli. Here, we describe the activation of a RecA-dependent recombination pathway in a hyper-recombination mutant. In order to analyse how tandem repeat deletion may proceed, we searched for mutants that affect this process. Three hyper-recombination clones were characterized and shown to be mutated in the uvrD gene. Two of the mutations were identified as opal mutations at codons 130 and 438. A uvrD::Tn5 mutation was used to investigate the mechanism of deletion formation in these mutants. The uvrD-mediated stimulation of deletion was abolished by a lexAind3 mutation or by inactivation of either the recA, recF, recQ or ruvA genes. We conclude that (i) this stimulation requires SOS induction and (ii) tandem repeat recombination in uvrD mutants occurs via the RecF pathway. In uvrD+ cells, constitutive expression of SOS genes is not sufficient to stimulate deletion formation. This suggests that the RecF recombination pathway activated by SOS induction is antagonized by the UvrD protein. Paradoxically, we observed that the overproduction of UvrD from a plasmid also stimulates tandem repeat deletion. However, this stimulation is RecA independent, as is deletion in a wild-type strain. We propose that the presence of an excess of the UvrD helicase favours replication slippage. This work suggests that the UvrD helicase controls a balance between different routes of tandem repeat deletion. |
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Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Adenosine Triphosphatases/physiology; Alleles; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Chromosomes, Bacterial; DNA Helicases/genetics; DNA Helicases/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Mutagenesis; Phenotype; RecQ Helicases; Recombination, Genetic; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; SOS Response (Genetics); Sequence Deletion |
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