PMID: 6410076Jul 15, 1983Paper

The SOS regulatory system: control of its state by the level of RecA protease

Journal of Molecular Biology
J W Little

Abstract

Our current understanding of the SOS regulatory system suggests that it can exist in two extreme states: in the repressed state, LexA protein is active, and it represses a particular set of genes called SOS genes. In the induced state, which results from various impairments to DNA replication, LexA repressor is cleaved by the specific protease activity of the RecA protein; in consequence, the SOS genes are derepressed and they express various functions that are believed to aid cell survival in induced cells. Since high levels of RecA protease activity turn on this system, it seems plausible that the level of protease activity will also control the transitions between the two states of the system. In order to assess the in vivo level of protease activity, antibody techniques were used to study the stability of LexA repressor during various phases of the SOS regulatory cycle. Repressor was reasonably stable in the repressed state, but it was degraded within a few minutes after an inducing treatment. Cleavage depended upon the RecA protease activity and resulted in the same products as seen in vitro. Cleavage preceded, and did not depend upon, derepression of any SOS gene. During the transition to the repressed state, LexA repress...Continue Reading

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