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  • Title: [Excision repair of plasmid in competent Escherichia coli cells].
    Author: Balmukhanov TS, Belogurov AA, Zavil'gel'skiĭ GB.
    Journal: Mol Biol (Mosk); 1982; 16(4):695-702. PubMed ID: 6750358.
    Abstract:
    Excision repair in calcium-treated cells E. coli K12, which are usually used for transformation, was studied. A great decrease in excision repair capacity of calcium-treated cells compared to that of untreated cells was observed when cells were incubated in buffer. Analysis of excision repair in E. coli cells were performed by following methods: (1) plasmid DNA, treated in vivo with 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) plus light (lambda less than 310 nm) was transformed into calcium-treated E. coli cells and excision of 8-MOP monoadducts was measured by method of repeated irradiation; (2) plasmid DNA, treated with 8-MOP plus light or irradiated at 254 nm in calcium-treated cells, was isolated, and conversion of supercoil plasmid DNA to relaxing form was detected by agarose gel electrophoresis. Excision repair capacity of calcium-treated cells was restored to the level of that of intact cells after the addition of carbon nutrients (L-broth, glucose). It is supposed that decrease in excision repair capacity of calcium-treated cells is due to the limitation of the intracellular energy sources (probably, ATP), required for the formation of single-stranded nicks in damaged DNA by UVR ABC--endonuclease.
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