Abstract
The Escherichia coli mutS gene product is involved in mismatch correction in this organism. We have purified a biologically active form of the 97,000 Mr protein to near homogeneity from an overproducing strain. Enzymatic and chemical protection ("footprinting") experiments have demonstrated that mutS-encoded protein specifically binds to DNA regions containing a single base-pair mismatch. The protein displayed variable affinity for the limited set of mismatches tested (G-T greater than G-A approximately equal to A-C greater than T-C).
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Created | 19 years, 2 months ago (May 31, 2006, 6:02 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 12:29 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 month ago (July 26, 2025, 4:56 a.m.) |
Issued | 39 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1986) |
Published | 39 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1986) |
Published Online | 39 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1986) |
Published Print | 39 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1986) |
@article{Su_1986, title={Escherichia coli mutS-encoded protein binds to mismatched DNA base pairs.}, volume={83}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.14.5057}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.83.14.5057}, number={14}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Su, S S and Modrich, P}, year={1986}, month=jul, pages={5057–5061} }