Identification of the uvrC gene product.

AUTOR(ES)

Sancar, A

RESUMO

We have constructed a multicopy plasmid that carries the uvrC gene of Escherichia coli. By inserting the transposon Tn1000 (previously designated gamma delta) into this plasmid, we obtained many derivatives that fail to complement uvrC34. The proteins synthesized by the original plasmid and the uvrC::Tn1000 derivatives were labeled in maxicells and analyzed on gels, demonstrating that a protein of Mr 70,000 encoded by the original uvrC+ plasmid was absent from the mutated noncomplementing derivatives; this protein is presumed to be the uvrC gene product. We found that this protein of Mr 70,000 binds to DNA and have partially purified the uvrC protein by DNA-cellulose chromatography. Because some of the uvrC::Tn1000 derivatives produce truncated polypeptides, the orientation of expression and the location of the promoter were determined by correlating the sizes of the truncated polypeptides with the sites of insertion of Tn1000.

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