Site-directed mutagenesis in DNA: Generation of point mutations in cloned β globin complementary DNA at the positions corresponding to amino acids 121 to 123 |
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Authors: | Willi Müller Hans Weber François Meyer Charles Weissmann |
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Institution: | Institut für Molekularbiologie I, Universität Zürich Hönggerberg, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | We have utilized the principle of site-directed mutagenesis, previously applied to the RNA of bacteriophage Qβ, to generate nucleotide transitions in a predetermined region of DNA. Plasmid PβG, which contains an almost complete DNA copy of rabbit β globin messenger RNA, was nicked at the EcoRI site which is located within the globin gene, in a region corresponding to amino acids 121 and 122. Substrate-limited nick translation using DNA polymerase I and N4-hydroxydCTP, dCTP and dATP led to the replacement of TMP residues by the nucleotide analog in the immediate vicinity of the nicks. The substituted DNA was amplified in vivo, treated with EcoRI and retransfected. 1.9% of the amplified DNA was found to be EcoRI-resistant. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the critical region of six EcoRI-resistant isolates revealed that two plasmids had one, three had two and one had three A · T → G · C transitions, all located within the substituted region. No point mutations (< 3 × 10?3%) were found in control preparations; however, a small number of deletion mutants, lacking the EcoRI site, were isolated. |
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