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Evidence for two genes mediating DNA repair in Free

Abstract

Isolation and subsequent knockout of a -homologous gene in DSM 319 resulted in a mutant displaying increased sensitivity to mitomycin C. However, this mutant did not exhibit UV hypersensitivity, a finding which eventually led to identification of a second functional gene. Evidence for duplicates was also obtained for two other strains. In agreement with potential DinR boxes located within their promoter regions, expression of both genes ( and ) was found to be damage-inducible. Transcription from the promoter was significantly higher than that of . Since a knockout could not be achieved, functional complementation studies were performed in . Heterologous expression in a RecA null mutant resulted in increased survival after UV irradiation and mitomycin C treatment, proving both gene products to be functional in DNA repair. Thus, there is evidence for an SOS-like pathway in that differs from that of .

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Keyword(s): MMC, mitomycin C , NER, nucleotide excision repair and RR, recombinational repair
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Evidence for two recA genes mediating DNA repair in Bacillus megaterium
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