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J Bacteriol. 1993 February; 175(3): 642-646

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Characterization of dinY, a new Escherichia coli DNA repair gene whose products are damage inducible even in a lexA(Def) background.

Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Toxicologie Fondamentales du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France.

ABSTRACT

Bacteriophage Mu dX(Ap lac) was used to isolate a mutation in an Escherichia coli lexA(Def) strain representing a previously undescribed gene (dinY) which does not seem to be under the direct control of LexA. The insertion created a dinY::lacZ fusion in which beta-galactosidase expression required a DNA-damaging treatment (UV irradiation or mitomycin) and activable RecA protein. This strain showed a decreased Weigle reactivation of bacteriophage lambda. However, it was fully inducible for UV mutagenesis. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis identified two spots absent in the mutant which were both UV inducible only in the presence of activated RecA protein (RecA*). This finding suggests that the dinY::lacZ fusion lies in a gene either that is under the direct control of activated RecA or whose product undergoes RecA*-dependent posttranscriptional/posttranslational modification(s). The dinY gene may also control the expression of some other gene(s) and/or lie in an operon. The fusion was mapped at a position between 41 and 41.5 min on the E. coli chromosome, in the vicinity of the ruv operon.

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