Photoreactivation, Excision, and Strand-Rejoining Repair in R Factor-Containing Minicells of Escherchia coli K-12
AUTOR(ES)
Paterson, M. C.
RESUMO
Chromosomeless “minicells” are formed by misplaced cell fissions near the polar extremities of an Escherichia coli K-12 mutant strain. Resistance (R)-factor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) can be introduced into minicells by segregation from an R+ (R64-11) derivative of the original mutant. We have assessed the ability of R+ minicells to correct defects produced in their plasmid DNA by ultraviolet (UV) and gamma radiations. Minicells harboring plasmid DNA, in comparison with their repair-proficient minicell-producing parents, possess (i) an equal competence to rejoin single-strand breaks induced in DNA by gamma rays, (ii) a reduced capacity for the photoenzymatic repair of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers, and (iii) a total inability to excise dimers, apparently owing to a deficiency in UV-specific endonuclease activity responsible for mediating the initial incision step in excision repair. Assuming that the DNA repair properties of R+ minicells reflect the concentration of repair enzymes located in the plasmid-containing polar caps of entire cells, these findings suggest that: (i) the enzymes responsible for rejoining single-strand breaks are distributed throughout the cell; (ii) photoreactivating enzyme molecules tend to be concentrated near bacterial DNA and to a lesser extent near plasmid DNA; and (iii) UV-specific endonuclease molecules are primarily confined to the central region of the E. coli cell and, thus, seldom segregate with R-factor DNA into minicells.
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