scholarly journals Mechanism and Control of Interspecies Recombination in Escherichia coli. I. Mismatch Repair, Methylation, Recombination and Replication Functions

Genetics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 150 (2) ◽  
pp. 533-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Snježana Štambuk ◽  
Miroslav Radman
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Mismatch Repair ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Repair Process ◽  
Helicase Activity ◽  
Dam Methylation ◽  
Homeologous Recombination ◽  
And Control ◽  
Interspecies Recombination

Abstract A genetic analysis of interspecies recombination in Escherichia coli between the linear Hfr DNA from Salmonella typhimurium and the circular recipient chromosome reveals some fundamental aspects of recombination between related DNA sequences. The MutS and MutL mismatch binding proteins edit (prevent) homeologous recombination between these 16% diverged genomes by at least two distinct mechanisms. One is MutH independent and presumably acts by aborting the initiated recombination through the UvrD helicase activity. The RecBCD nuclease might contribute to this editing step, presumably by preventing reiterated initiations of recombination at a given locus. The other editing mechanism is MutH dependent, requires unmethylated GATC sequences, and probably corresponds to an incomplete long-patch mismatch repair process that does not depend on UvrD helicase activity. Insignificant effects of the Dam methylation of parental DNAs suggest that unmethylated GATC sequences involved in the MutH-dependent editing are newly synthesized in the course of recombination. This hypothetical, recombination-associated DNA synthesis involves PriA and RecF functions, which, therefore, determine the extent of MutH effect on interspecies recombination. Sequence divergence of recombining DNAs appears to limit the frequency, length, and stability of early heteroduplex intermediates, which can be stabilized, and the recombinants mature via the initiation of DNA replication.

scholarly journals Control of large chromosomal duplications in Escherichia coli by the mismatch repair system.

Genetics ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Petit ◽  
J Dimpfl ◽  
M Radman ◽  
H Echols
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Mismatch Repair ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Chromosomal Rearrangements ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Repair System ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Mismatch Repair System ◽  
Mismatch Recognition ◽  
Homeologous Recombination

Abstract Excessive recombination between repeated, interspersed, and diverged DNA sequences is a potential source of genomic instability. We have investigated the possibility that a mechanism exists to suppress genetic exchange between these quasi-homologous (homeologous) sequences. We examined the role of the general mismatch repair system of Escherichia coli because previous work has shown that the mismatch repair pathway functions as a barrier to interspecies recombination between E. coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The formation of large duplications by homeologous recombination in E. coli was increased some tenfold by mutations in the mutL and mutS genes that encode the mismatch recognition proteins. These findings indicate that the mismatch recognition proteins act to prevent excessive intrachromosomal exchanges. We conclude that mismatch repair proteins serve as general controllers of the fidelity of genetic inheritance, acting to suppress chromosomal rearrangements as well as point mutations.

scholarly journals Structure of recombinants from conjugational crosses between Escherichia coli donor and mismatch-repair deficient Salmonella typhimurium recipients.

Genetics ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
I Matic ◽  
M Radman ◽  
C Rayssiguier
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Salmonella Typhimurium ◽  
Mismatch Repair ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Physical Analysis ◽  
Repair System ◽  
Donor Genome ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Recombination Pathway

Abstract To get more insight into the control of homologous recombination between diverged DNA by the Mut proteins of the long-patch mismatch repair system, we have studied interspecies Escherichia coli/Salmonella typhimurium recombination. Knowing that the same recombination pathway (RecABCD) is responsible for intraspecies and interspecies recombination, we have now studied the structure (replacement vs. addition-type or other rearrangement-type recombinants) of 81 interspecies recombinants obtained in conjugational crosses between E. coli donor and mutL, mutS, mutH, mutU or mut+ S. typhimurium recipients. Taking advantage of high interspecies sequence divergence, a physical analysis was performed on one third of the E. coli Hfr genome, which was expected to be transferred to S. typhimurium F- recipients during 40 min before interruption of the mating. Probes specific for each species were hybridized on dot blots of genomic DNA, or on colonies, and the composition of the rrn operons was determined from purified genomic DNA. With very few exceptions, the structure of these interspecies recombinants corresponds to replacements of one continuous block of the recipient genome by the corresponding region of the donor genome.

scholarly journals The mismatch repair system reduces meiotic homeologous recombination and stimulates recombination-dependent chromosome loss.

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 6110-6120 ◽  
Author(s):  
S R Chambers ◽  
N Hunter ◽  
E J Louis ◽  
R H Borts
Keyword(s):  
Mismatch Repair ◽  
Genetic Recombination ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Chromosome Loss ◽  
Repair System ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Spore Viability ◽  
Mismatch Repair System ◽  
Homeologous Recombination ◽  
Chromosome Iii

Efficient genetic recombination requires near-perfect homology between participating molecules. Sequence divergence reduces the frequency of recombination, a process that is dependent on the activity of the mismatch repair system. The effects of chromosomal divergence in diploids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in which one copy of chromosome III is derived from a closely related species, Saccharomyces paradoxus, have been examined. Meiotic recombination between the diverged chromosomes is decreased by 25-fold. Spore viability is reduced with an observable increase in the number of tetrads with only two or three viable spores. Asci with only two viable spores are disomic for chromosome III, consistent with meiosis I nondisjunction of the homeologs. Asci with three viable spores are highly enriched for recombinants relative to tetrads with four viable spores. In 96% of the class with three viable spores, only one spore possesses a recombinant chromosome III, suggesting that the recombination process itself contributes to meiotic death. This phenomenon is dependent on the activities of the mismatch repair genes PMS1 and MSH2. A model of mismatch-stimulated chromosome loss is proposed to account for this observation. As expected, crossing over is increased in pms1 and msh2 mutants. Furthermore, genetic exchange in pms1 msh2 double mutants is affected to a greater extent than in either mutant alone, suggesting that the two proteins act independently to inhibit homeologous recombination. All mismatch repair-deficient strains exhibited reductions in the rate of chromosome III nondisjunction.

scholarly journals Mutants with Temperature-Sensitive Defects in the Escherichia coli Mismatch Repair System: Sensitivity to Mispairs Generated In Vivo

2005 ◽  
Vol 187 (3) ◽  
pp. 840-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther S. Hong ◽  
Annie Yeung ◽  
Pauline Funchain ◽  
Malgorzata M. Slupska ◽  
Jeffrey H. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Mismatch Repair ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Repair System ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
System Sensitivity ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Mismatch Repair System ◽  
Homeologous Recombination

ABSTRACT We have used direct selections to generate large numbers of mutants of Escherichia coli defective in the mismatch repair system and have screened these to identify mutants with temperature-sensitive defects. We detected and sequenced mutations that give rise to temperature-sensitive MutS, MutL, and MutH proteins. One mutation, mutS60, results in almost normal levels of spontaneous mutations at 37°C but above this temperature gives rise to higher and higher levels of mutations, reaching the level of null mutations in mutS at 43°C. However, at 37°C the MutS60 protein can be much more easily titrated by mispairs than the wild-type MutS, as evidenced by the impaired ability to block homeologous recombination in interspecies crosses and the increased levels of mutations from weak mutator alleles of mutD (dnaQ), mutC, and ndk. Strains with mutS60 can detect mispairs generated during replication that lead to mutation with much greater sensitivity than wild-type strains. The findings with ndk, lacking nucleotide diphosphate kinase, are striking. An ndk mutS60 strain yields four to five times the level of mutations seen in a full knockout of mutS. These results pose the question of whether similar altered Msh2 proteins result from presumed polymorphisms detected in tumor lines. The role of allele interactions in human disease susceptibility is discussed.

scholarly journals Highly Mismatched Molecules Resembling Recombination Intermediates Efficiently Transform Mismatch Repair Proficient Escherichia coli

Genetics ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
James Westmoreland ◽  
Gregory Porter ◽  
Miroslav Radman ◽  
Michael A Resnick
Keyword(s):  
Mismatch Repair ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Strand Exchange ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Homeologous Recombination ◽  
Related Dnas ◽  
Heteroduplex Formation

The ability of related DNAs to undergo recombination decreases with increased sequence divergence. Mismatch repair has been proposed to be a key factor in preventing homeologous recombination; however, the contribution of mismatch repair is not universal. Although mismatch repair has been proposed to act by preventing strand exchange and/or inactivating multiply mismatched heteroduplexes, there has been no systematic study to determine at what step(s) in recombination mismatch repair acts in vivo. Since heteroduplex is a commonly proposed intermediate in many models of recombination, we have investigated the consequences of mismatch repair on plasmids that are multiply mismatched in heteroduplex structures that are similar to those that might arise during recombination. Plasmids containing multiply mismatched regions were transformed into wild-type and Mut–  Eschericia coli mutants. There was only a 30–40% reduction in transformation of Mut+ as compared to mutS and mutL strains for DNAs containing an 18% mismatched heteroduplex. The products obtained from mutS hosts differed from those obtained from Mut+ hosts in that there were many more colonies containing mixtures of two plasmids, due to survival of both strands of the heteroduplex. There were nearly 10 times more recombinants obtained from the mutS as compared to the wild-type host. Based on these results and those from other studies with E. coli and yeast, we propose that the prevention of recombination between highly diverged DNAs may be at a step earlier than heteroduplex formation.

Study effect of crude extracts of Hibiscus sabdarifa L. on some Enterobacteriaceae

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPL1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabreen A Kamal ◽  
Ishraq A Salih ◽  
Hawraa Jawad Kadhim ◽  
Zainab A Tolaifeh
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Ethyl Acetate ◽  
Bacterial Growth ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Inhibition Zone ◽  
Crude Extracts ◽  
And Control

Red rose or roselle (beauty rose ) is natively known as red tea belong to Malvaceae, it is flowers use traditionally for antihypertensive hepato protective, anticancer,antidiabetic,antibacterial, cytotoxicity and antidiarreal, By preparing red tea from it's flower. In this study, we extract chemical compounds by using two solvent which are Ethanol, Ethyl acetate. so we can extract Anthocyanin which is responsible for red colour of flower with many chemical compounds. then study the effect of these extracts on 5 genera from Enterobacteriacaea which can cause diarrheae (Shigella, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Proteus and Klebsiella ) by preparing 3 concentrations for each solvent (250, 500, 750 ) mg/ml, and control then compare with two antibiotic (Azereonam 30 mg/ml and Bacitracin 10 mg/ml ) these extracts revealed obvious inhibition zone in bacterial growth.

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