PMID: 7023697Jul 1, 1981Paper

Induction of SOS functions: regulation of proteolytic activity of E. coli RecA protein by interaction with DNA and nucleoside triphosphate

Cell
E M Phizicky, J W Roberts

Abstract

Damage to cellular DNA or interruption of chromosomal DNA synthesis leads to induction of the SOS functions in E. coli. The immediate agent of induction is the RecA protein, which proteolytically cleaves and inactivates repressors, leading to induction of genes they control. RecA protein modified by tif mutations allows expression of SOS functions in the absence of inducing treatments. We show here that tif-mutant RecA protein is more efficient than wild-type RecA protein in interacting with DNA and nucleoside triphosphate. This result suggests that formation of a complex with DNA and nucleoside triphosphate is the critical event that activates RecA protein to destroy repressors after SOS-inducing treatments, and that damage to cellular DNA promotes this reaction by providing single-stranded DNA or active nucleoside triphosphate or both. Since dATP is the most effective nucleoside triphosphate in promoting repressor cleavage, we suggest that it is the natural cofactor of recA protein in vivo.

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