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372741

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
DNA is more extensively degraded after it is damaged in recA mutants of E. coli than in wild type cells. All data presented here are consistent with the recA gene product, protein X, being an inhibitor of nalidixic acid induced degradation of the bulk DNA (but not of newly replicated DNA). Production of protein X also is correlated with appearance of various "S.O.S." repair functions. Evidence was obtained by comparing the rates of protein X synthesis and solubilization of uniformly-labeled DNA in intact cells, incubated in the presence of nalidixic acid. A set of mutants at the lexA locus produced protein X at different rates and degraded their DNA at rates which were inversely correlated to their rates of protein X production. A low concentration of rifampicin quite specifically inhibited protein X production by wild type E. coli, and allowed more rapid DNA degradation. After the DNA was damaged by the incubation of cells in the presence of nalidixic acid, cells preloaded with protein X degraded their DNA more slowly. We propose that protein X could protect DNA against degradation by binding to single-stranded regions, thereby inhibiting nuclease action.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0026-8925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
168
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Degradation of Escherichia coli DNA: evidence for limitation in vivo by protein X, the recA gene product.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.