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Salmonella typhimurium has two homologous but different umuDC operons: cloning of a new umuDC-like operon (samAB) present in a 60-megadalton cryptic plasmid of S. typhimurium. 1991

T Nohmi, and A Hakura, and Y Nakai, and M Watanabe, and S Y Murayama, and T Sofuni
Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.

Expression of the umuDC operon is required for UV and most chemical mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. The DNA which can restore UV mutability to a umuD44 strain and to a umuC122::Tn5 strain of E. coli has been cloned from Salmonella typhimurium TA1538. DNA sequence analysis indicated that the cloned DNA potentially encoded proteins with calculated molecular weights of 15,523 and 47,726 and was an analog of the E. coli umuDC operon. We have termed this cloned DNA the samAB (for Salmonella mutagenesis) operon and tentatively referred to the umuDC operon of S. typhimurium LT2 (C. M. Smith, W. H. Koch, S. B. Franklin, P. L. Foster, T. A. Cebula, and E. Eisenstadt, J. Bacteriol. 172:4964-4978, 1990; S. M. Thomas, H. M. Crowne, S. C. Pidsley, and S. G. Sedgwick, J. Bacteriol. 172:4979-4987, 1990) as the umuDCST operon. The samAB operon is 40% diverged from the umuDCST operon at the nucleotide level. Among five umuDC-like operons so far sequenced, i.e., the samAB, umuDCST, mucAB, impAB, and E. coli umuDC operons, the samAB operon shows the highest similarity to the impAB operon of TP110 plasmid while the umuDCST operon shows the highest similarity to the E. coli umuDC operon. Southern hybridization experiments indicated that (i) S. typhimurium LT2 and TA1538 had both the samAB and the umuDCST operons and (ii) the samAB operon was located in a 60-MDa cryptic plasmid. The umuDCST operon is present in the chromosome. The presence of the two homologous but different umuDC operons may be involved in the poor mutability of S. typhimurium by UV and chemical mutagens.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D009876 Operon In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION. Operons
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D003001 Cloning, Molecular The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells. Molecular Cloning
D005798 Genes, Bacterial The functional hereditary units of BACTERIA. Bacterial Gene,Bacterial Genes,Gene, Bacterial
D000595 Amino Acid Sequence The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION. Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D012486 Salmonella typhimurium A serotype of Salmonella enterica that is a frequent agent of Salmonella gastroenteritis in humans. It also causes PARATYPHOID FEVER. Salmonella typhimurium LT2

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