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Central carbon metabolism influences fidelity of DNA replication in Escherichia coli. 2012

Monika Maciąg, and Dariusz Nowicki, and Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, and Grzegorz Węgrzyn
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland. m.maciag@biotech.ug.edu.pl

Recent studies indicated that there is a direct link between central carbon metabolism (CCM) and initiation and elongation of DNA replication in Eschericha coli. Namely, effects of certain mutations in genes coding for replication proteins (dnaA, dnaB, dnaE, dnaG, and dnaN) could be specifically suppressed by deletions of some genes, whose products are involved in CCM reactions (pta, ackA, pgi, tktB, and gpmA). Here, we demonstrate that the link between CCM and DNA synthesis can be extended to the DNA replication fidelity, as we report changes of the mutator phenotypes of E. coli dnaQ49 and dnaX36 mutants (either suppression or enhancement) by dysfunctions of zwf, pta, ackA, acnB, and icdA genes. Overexpression of appropriate wild-type CCM genes in double mutants resulted in reversions to the initial mutator phenotypes, indicating that the effects were specific. Moreover, the observed suppression and enhancement effects were not caused by changes in bacterial growth rates. These results suggest that there is a genetic correlation between CCM and DNA replication fidelity in E. coli, apart from the already documented link between CCM and DNA replication initiation control and elongation efficiency.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002244 Carbon A nonmetallic element with atomic symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight [12.0096; 12.0116]. It may occur as several different allotropes including DIAMOND; CHARCOAL; and GRAPHITE; and as SOOT from incompletely burned fuel. Carbon-12,Vitreous Carbon,Carbon 12,Carbon, Vitreous
D004258 DNA Polymerase III A DNA-dependent DNA polymerase characterized in E. coli and other lower organisms but may be present in higher organisms. Use also for a more complex form of DNA polymerase III designated as DNA polymerase III* or pol III* which is 15 times more active biologically than DNA polymerase I in the synthesis of DNA. This polymerase has both 3'-5' and 5'-3' exonuclease activities, is inhibited by sulfhydryl reagents, and has the same template-primer dependence as pol II. DNA Polymerase delta,DNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase III,DNA Pol III,DNA Dependent DNA Polymerase III,Polymerase III, DNA,Polymerase delta, DNA
D004261 DNA Replication The process by which a DNA molecule is duplicated. Autonomous Replication,Replication, Autonomous,Autonomous Replications,DNA Replications,Replication, DNA,Replications, Autonomous,Replications, DNA
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D029968 Escherichia coli Proteins Proteins obtained from ESCHERICHIA COLI. E coli Proteins

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