Herman G E, Modrich P
J Bacteriol. 1981 Jan;145(1):644-6. doi: 10.1128/jb.145.1.644-646.1981.
A strain of Escherichia coli K-12 that overproduces dam methylase 50-fold was found to be hypermutable, and mutations which resulted in loss of excess methylase activity restored mutation frequencies to wild-type levels. These results are consistent with involvement of this deoxyribonucleic acid methylase in mismatch correction.
一株过量产生dam甲基化酶达50倍的大肠杆菌K-12菌株被发现具有高度易突变性,导致过量甲基化酶活性丧失的突变使突变频率恢复到野生型水平。这些结果与这种脱氧核糖核酸甲基化酶参与错配修复一致。