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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2002, p. 4449-4454, Vol. 184, No. 16
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.16.4449-4454.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Lack of Strand Bias in UV-Induced Mutagenesis in Escherichia coli

Damian Gawel,1 Magdalena Maliszewska-Tkaczyk,1 Piotr Jonczyk,1 Roel M. Schaaper,2 and Iwona J. Fijalkowska1*

Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02 106 Warsaw, Poland,1 Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 277092

Received 20 December 2001/ Accepted 30 May 2002

We have investigated whether UV-induced mutations are created with equal efficiency on the leading and lagging strands of DNA replication. We employed an assay system that permits measurement of mutagenesis in the lacZ gene in pairs of near-identical strains. Within each pair, the strains differ only in the orientation of the lacZ gene with respect to the origin of DNA replication. Depending on this orientation, any lacZ target sequence will be replicated in one orientation as a leading strand and as a lagging strand in the other orientation. In contrast to previous results obtained for mutations resulting from spontaneous replication errors or mutations resulting from the spontaneous SOS mutator effect, measurements of UV-induced mutagenesis in uvrA strains fail to show significant differences between the two target orientations. These data suggest that SOS-mediated mutagenic translesion synthesis on the Escherichia coli chromosome may occur with equal or similar probability on leading and lagging strands.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02 106 Warsaw, Poland. Phone: (48) 22-6584734. Fax: (48) 39-121623. E-mail: iwonaf{at}ibb.waw.pl.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2002, p. 4449-4454, Vol. 184, No. 16
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.16.4449-4454.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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