Identification and characterization of the mutL and mutS gene products of Salmonella typhimurium LT2.

AUTOR(ES)

Pang, P P

RESUMO

The gene products of the mutL and mutS loci play essential roles in the dam-directed mismatch repair in both Salmonella typhimurium LT2 and Escherichia coli K-12. Mutations in these genes result in a spontaneous mutator phenotype. We have cloned the mutL and mutS genes from S. typhimurium by generating mutL- and mutS-specific probes from an S. typhimurium mutL::Tn10 and an mutS::Tn10 strain and using these to screen an S. typhimurium library. Both the mutL and mutS genes from S. typhimurium were able to complement E. coli mutL and mutS strains, respectively. By a combination of Tn1000 insertion mutagenesis and the maxicell technique, the products of the mutL and mutS genes were shown to have molecular weights of 70,000 and 98,000 respectively. A phi (mutL'-lacZ+) gene fusion was constructed; no change in the expression of the fusion could be detected by treatment with DNA-damaging agents. In crude extracts, the MutS protein binds single-stranded DNA, but not double-stranded DNA, with high affinity.

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