Specificity of mutagenesis resulting from the induction of the SOS system in the absence of mutagenic treatment |
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Authors: | J H Miller K B Low |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Molecular Biology University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland;2. Department of Biology University of California Los Angeles, California 90024 USA;3. Radiobiology Laboratories Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut 06510 USA |
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Abstract: | Strains in which the E. coli SOS system is continuously induced, in the absence of mutagenic treatment, have been used to generate nonsense mutations in the lacl gene. The examination of over 600 independently occurring amber and ochre mutations reveals that inducing the SOS system stimulates specifically G:C----T:A and, to a lesser extent, A:T----T:A transversions. This specificity is similar to that seen for a number of carcinogens that form bulky adducts to DNA, such as benzo(a)pyrene diolepoxide (BPDE) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), and which are dependent on the SOS system to mutagenize bacteria. However, G:C----T:A transversions resulting from SOS induction alone display a unique site specificity. One possibility is that the SOS-induced mutations result from cryptic, spontaneous lesions, such as apurinic sites, which cannot induce the SOS system themselves but which can target mutations once the SOS system is induced. |
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