X-ray Sensitivity and Repair Capacity of a polA1 exrA Strain of Escherichia coli K-12

AUTOR(ES)

Youngs, David A.

RESUMO

A polA1 exrA strain of Escherichia coli K-12 was constructed. It was found to be more sensitive to aerobic or anoxic X irradiation than were mutants containing either polA1 or exrA alone. The ability of polA1 exrA and related strains to repair X-ray-induced single-strand breaks in deoxyribonucleic acid DNA was examined. The polA1 strain was deficient in type II (buffer) repair but not in type III (growth medium-dependent) repair. The exrA strain was not deficient in type II repair but was deficient in type III repair (similar to rec strains). The double mutant polA1 exrA was deficient in both type II and type III repair. Thus, the increased X-ray sensitivity of the polA1 exrA double mutant was correlated with its decreased ability to repair X-ray-induced single-strand breaks in DNA. We have tested the hypothesis that polA rec double mutants are not viable because they lack the types II and III systems for the repair of DNA single-strand breaks. Since the polA1 exrA strain is viable and is deficient in both of these repair processes, this hypothesis seems not to be correct.

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