Role of 3-methyladenine-DNA glycosylase in host-cell reactivation of methylated T7 bacteriophage |
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Authors: | Margaret D Mamet-Bratley Barbara Karska-Wysocki |
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Institution: | Département de Biochimie, Facultéde Médecine, Universitéde Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. A, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7 Canada |
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Abstract: | Purified T7 phage, treated with methyl methanesulfonate, was assayed on four Escherichia coli K12 host cells: (1) AB1157, wild-type; (2) PK432-1, lacking 3-methyladenine-DNA glycosylase (tag); (3) NH5016, lacking apurinic endonuclease VI (xthA); (4) p3478, lacking DNA polymerase I (polA), the latter three strains being deficient in enzymes of the base excision repair pathway. For inactivation measured immediately after alkylation, phage survival was lowest on strains PK432-1 and p3478; for delayed inactivation, measured after partial depurination of alkylated phage, survival was much lower on strain p3478 than on PK432-1. These results demonstrate the important role played by 3-methyladenine-DNA glycosylase in the survival of methylated T7 phage. Quantitative analysis of the data, using the results of Verly et al. (Verly, W.G., Crine, P., Bannon, P. and Forget, A. (1974) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 349, 204–213) to correlate the dose with the number of methyl groups introduced into phage DNA, revealed that 5–10 3-methyladenine residues per T7 DNA constituted an inactivation hit for the tag mutant. Thus, 3-methyladenine may be as toxic a lesion as an apurinic site. |
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Keywords: | Base excision repair Host-cell reactivation DNA repair Alkylation Methyladenine-DNA glycosylase T7 phage (E coli) |
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