PMID: 9164484May 1, 1997Paper

Photoreversal of UV-potentiated glutamine tRNA suppressor mutations in excision proficient Escherichia coli

Mutation Research
R Bockrath, B H Li

Abstract

UV-irradiated excision proficient Escherichia coli were exposed to light for photoenzymatic reversal (PR) of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) and assayed for reversion mutation (glutamine tRNA suppressor mutations) on semi-enriched medium or on the same medium containing acriflavine to inhibit excision repair. The initial mutation frequency without PR was relatively greater when assayed with acriflavine, and this difference increased as larger UV fluences were used. The PR kinetics were first order and about the same or slightly faster when cells were assayed with acriflavine (after 15, 30 or 45 J/m2, respectively). The results indicated mutation targeting by CPD in excision proficient cells. These results and conclusion contrast sharply with the original study of this type done several years ago. PR kinetics were considerably slower with assays containing acriflavine, sustaining the idea that PR causes repair of non-dimer targeting lesions by enhancing excision repair. To explain this contrast we devised a fluence-decrement rate for estimating the effectiveness of PR and measured PR-dependent excision repair (PER) as the difference in the fluence-decrement rate with excision proficient and deficient cells. PER was more evid...Continue Reading

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