The role of SOS and flap processing in microsatellite instability in Escherichia coli
AUTOR(ES)
Morel, Patrice
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Mutations affecting mismatch repair result in elevated frequencies of microsatellite length alteration in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, the finding that microsatellite instability is found often in cells with a functional mismatch repair system prompted a search for other factors of tract alteration. In the present report, we show that, in Escherichia coli, poly(AC/TG) tracts are destabilized by mutations that induce SOS. These observations may have implications for eukaryotic cells because recent results suggest the existence of a mammalian SOS response analogous to that in prokaryotes. In addition, a defect in the 5′–3′ exonuclease domain of DNA polymerase I, homologous to the mammalian FEN1 and the yeast RAD27 nucleases, leads to a marked increase in repeat expansions characteristic of several genetic disorders. Finally, we found that the combination of a proofreading defect with mismatch repair deficiency results in extreme microsatellite instability.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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