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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Singlet molecular oxygen (1O2) has been implicated in several biological processes that may lead to genetic damage. The relevance of various repair pathways in plasmid inactivation mediated by 1O2 was investigated. Plasmid treated with 1O2, chemically generated, was transfected into Escherichia coli strains deficient in genes implicated in the DNA repair of oxidative damage. The ability to transform bacteria is significantly reduced in the double mutant xth,nfo, deficient in both exonuclease III and endonuclease IV, although it was similar to wild-type cells in single mutants. The products of these two genes are able to cleave DNA damaged by 1O2 and to remove DNA polymerization blocks from 3'-termini generated either directly by 1O2 treatment or after the action of the formamidopyrimidine-DNA-N-glycosylase (Fpg protein). The results indicate that the exonuclease III and endonuclease IV participate in the excision of lethal lesions induced in DNA by 1O2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0143-3334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1183-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Involvement of Escherichia coli exonuclease III and endonuclease IV in the repair of singlet oxygen-induced DNA damage.
pubmed:affiliation
Depto de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't