Paolozzi L, Ghelardini P, Liebart J C, Capozzoni A, Marchelli C
Nucleic Acids Res. 1980 Dec 11;8(23):5859-73. doi: 10.1093/nar/8.23.5859.
We have previously shown that Mu restores an active DNA replication at non-permissive temperature in E. coli K12 ligts7 strains. In this paper we describe two new types of phage mutants for the Mu lig function. The Mu ligts mutants are conditional lethals defective for both integration and replication of DNA, unable to 'complement' the bacterial lig mutation; the map between B and lys. The mutants of the other type, on the other hand, are able to restore to a maximum level the activity impaired by the ligts7 mutation in the host. We suggest the hypothesis that the product of Mu lig gene could be part of a complex as a topoisomerase.
我们之前已经表明,在大肠杆菌K12 ligts7菌株中,Mu在非允许温度下可恢复活跃的DNA复制。在本文中,我们描述了两种新型的Mu连接酶功能噬菌体突变体。Mu ligts突变体是DNA整合和复制均有缺陷的条件致死突变体,无法“互补”细菌的连接酶突变;其图谱位于B和lys之间。另一方面,另一种类型的突变体能够将宿主中因ligts7突变而受损的活性恢复到最高水平。我们提出一个假说,即Mu连接酶基因的产物可能作为拓扑异构酶成为复合体的一部分。