Mutagenesis, by methylating and ethylating agents, in mutH, mutL, mutS, and uvrD mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT2.

AUTOR(ES)

Shanabruch, W G

RESUMO

Salmonella typhimurium LT2 mutH, mutL, mutS, and uvrD mutants were especially sensitive to mutagenesis by both the recA+-dependent mutagen methyl methane sulfonate and the recA+-independent mutagen ethyl methane sulfonate, but not to mutagenesis by agents such as 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide and UV irradiation. Similarly, these mutator strains were very sensitive to mutagenesis by the methylating agents N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. The increased susceptibility to mutagenesis by small alkylating agents due to mutH, mutL, mutS, and uvrD mutations was not accompanied by an increased sensitivity to killing by these agents. Various models are discussed in an effort to explain why strains thought to be deficient in methyl-instructed mismatch repair are sensitive to mutagenesis by methylating and ethylating agents.

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