For: Pesticide biochemistry and physiology recG is involved with the resistance of Bt to UV

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
Jin XuLingling Zhang

Abstract

As an ATP-dependent DNA helicase, RecG can repair DNA replication forks in many organisms. However, knowledge of recG in Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is limited. In our previous study, recG was found damaged in Bt LLP29-M19, which was more resistant to ultraviolet light (UV) after exposing Bt LLP29 to UV for 19 generations. To further understand the function of recG in the mechanism of Bt UV resistance, recG was knocked out and recovered with homologous recombination technology in Bt LLP29. Comparing the resistance of the different mutants to UVB, Bt ∆recG-LLP29 lacking recG was found more sensitive to UVB, hydroxyurea (HU) and H2O2 than LLP29 and the complementation strain. To compare the expression level of recG in the Bt strains under different UV treatments, Quantitative Real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) of recG was performed in the tested Bt strains, which showed that the expression level of recG in Bt ∆recG-LLP29 was substantially lower than that in the original strain and complementation strain. Interestingly, when exposed to UV for 20 min, RecG expression in both Bt LLP29 and Bt recG-R was the highest. The unwinding activity of recG in Bt LLP29 and the complementation strain were also found higher than that of the recG knockout st...Continue Reading

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