Calsou P, Villaverde A, Defais M
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie Fondamentales, Toulouse, France.
J Bacteriol. 1987 Oct;169(10):4816-21. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.10.4816-4821.1987.
The activated form of the RecA protein (RecA) is known to be involved in the reactivation and mutagenesis of UV-irradiated bacteriophage lambda and in the expression of the SOS response in Escherichia coli K-12. The expression of the SOS response requires cleavage of the LexA repressor by RecA and the subsequent expression of LexA-controlled genes. The evidence presented here suggests that RecA induces the expression of a gene(s) that is not under LexA control and that is also necessary for maximal repair and mutagenesis of damaged phage. This conclusion is based on the chloramphenicol sensitivity of RecA -dependent repair and mutagenesis of damaged bacteriophage lambda in lexA(Def) hosts.
已知RecA蛋白的活化形式(RecA)参与紫外线照射的噬菌体λ的再活化和诱变,以及大肠杆菌K-12中SOS应答的表达。SOS应答的表达需要RecA切割LexA阻遏物以及随后LexA控制基因的表达。此处提供的证据表明,RecA诱导一个不受LexA控制的基因的表达,该基因对于受损噬菌体的最大程度修复和诱变也是必需的。这一结论基于lexA(Def)宿主中RecA依赖性修复和受损噬菌体λ诱变对氯霉素的敏感性。