PMID:9707548

Citation	Tang, M, Bruck, I, Eritja, R, Turner, J, Frank, EG, Woodgate, R, O'Donnell, M and Goodman, MF (1998) Biochemical basis of SOS-induced mutagenesis in Escherichia coli: reconstitution of in vitro lesion bypass dependent on the UmuD'2C mutagenic complex and RecA protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95:9755-60
Abstract	Damage-induced SOS mutagenesis requiring the UmuD'C proteins occurs as part of the cells' global response to DNA damage. In vitro studies on the biochemical basis of SOS mutagenesis have been hampered by difficulties in obtaining biologically active UmuC protein, which, when overproduced, is insoluble in aqueous solution. We have circumvented this problem by purifying the UmuD'2C complex in soluble form and have used it to reconstitute an SOS lesion bypass system in vitro. Stimulated bypass of a site-directed model abasic lesion occurs in the presence of UmuD'2C, activated RecA protein (RecA*), beta-sliding clamp, gamma-clamp loading complex, single-stranded binding protein (SSB), and either DNA polymerases III or II. Synthesis in the presence of UmuD'2C is nonprocessive on damaged and undamaged DNA. No lesion bypass is observed when wild-type RecA is replaced with RecA1730, a mutant that is specifically defective for Umu-dependent mutagenesis. Perhaps the most noteworthy property of UmuD'2C resides in its ability to stimulate both nucleotide misincorporation and mismatch extension at aberrant and normal template sites. These observations provide a biochemical basis for the role of the Umu complex in SOS-targeted and SOS-untargeted mutagenesis.
Links	PubMed PMC21409
Keywords	Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; DNA Damage; DNA Polymerase II/metabolism; DNA Polymerase III/metabolism; DNA Primers/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Rec A Recombinases/genetics; Rec A Recombinases/metabolism; SOS Response (Genetics)
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Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
ECOLI:UMUC		GO:0009432: SOS response	ECO:0000314:		P		the purified UmuD'2C complex was used to reconstitute an SOS lesion bypass system in vitro and found that no lesions occured.	complete

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