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Positive Charges Are Important for the SOS Constitutive Phenotype in recA730 and recA1202 Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.
Journal of bacteriology - 17 May 2022
Van Alstine Steven, Sandler Steven J
Abstract excerpt
In Escherichia coli K-12, RecA binds to single-strand DNA (ssDNA) created by DNA damage to form a protein-DNA helical filament that serves to catalyze LexA autoproteolysis, which induces the SOS response. The SOS constitutive (SOSC) mutations recA730(E38K) and recA1202(Q184K) are both on the outside of the RecA filament, opposite to the face that binds DNA. recA730(E38K) is also able to suppress the UV...
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