Dark recovery processes in Escherichia coli irradiated with ultraviolet light. II. Effect of uvr genes on liquid holding recovery.

Journal of Bacteriology
A K Ganesan, K C Smith

Abstract

The uvr mutations of Escherichia coli K-12 decrease the ability of cells to survive ultraviolet light (UV), to excise pyrimidine dimers from their deoxyribonucleic acid and to reactivate bacteriophage exposed to UV. The rec mutations decrease the ability of the cells to survive UV and to undergo genetic recombination. Certain rec mutations, including recA1, rec-12, recA13, and rec-56, are necessary for the expression of liquid-holding recovery (LHR), observed as an increase in colony-forming ability when irradiated cells are held in buffer in the dark. These rec mutations appear to act indirectly to permit the detection of LHR rather than to affect its occurrence directly. We have tested the effect of uvr markers on LHR in cells containing one of these rec mutations. Recombinants containing rec-56 together with a uvr marker were constructed and tested for LHR. None of the 39 recombinants examined, carrying uvrA6, uvrB5, or uvrC34, showed LHR. Three rec(-)uvr(-) strains were also tested for photoreactivation. In all three, photoreactivation was observed, indicating that they contained detectable amounts of pyrimidine dimers. Our results are consistent with the idea that uvr mutations inactivate LHR, and suggest that LHR reflects...Continue Reading

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