Konrad E B
J Bacteriol. 1978 Mar;133(3):1197-202. doi: 10.1128/jb.133.3.1197-1202.1978.
Using a papillation method, a large number of Escherichia coli K-12 mutator mutations have been isolated. Only one of these (out of 1,250) mutator mutations has proved to be conditionally lethal at high temperatures. In vivo complementation tests indicated that this mutation, dnaE9, lies in dnaE, the structural gene for DNA polymerase III. The dnaE9 polymerase was not thermolabile in vitro; however, it showed a slow decline in specific activity in vivo at the nonpermissive temperature. Cultures of this mutant exhibited a comparably slow shutoff of DNA synthesis on shift to a nonpermissive temperature. dnaE9 showed temperature-sensitive mutator activity, which is not dependent on recA.
通过一种筛选方法,已分离出大量大肠杆菌K-12诱变突变体。这些突变体(共1250个)中只有一个在高温下被证明是条件致死的。体内互补试验表明,该突变体dnaE9位于DNA聚合酶III的结构基因dnaE中。dnaE9聚合酶在体外并非热不稳定;然而,在非允许温度下,其体内比活性显示出缓慢下降。该突变体培养物在转移到非允许温度时,DNA合成的关闭速度相对较慢。dnaE9表现出温度敏感的诱变活性,且不依赖于recA。