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Evidence of a dominant lineage of Vibrio cholerae-specific lytic bacteriophages shed by cholera patients over a 10-year period in Dhaka, Bangladesh. mBio 2011; 2:e00334-10. [PMID: 21304168 PMCID: PMC3037004 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00334-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Lytic bacteriophages are hypothesized to contribute to the seasonality and duration of cholera epidemics in Bangladesh. However, the bacteriophages contributing to this phenomenon have yet to be characterized at a molecular genetic level. In this study, we isolated and sequenced the genomes of 15 bacteriophages from stool samples from cholera patients spanning a 10-year surveillance period in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Our results indicate that a single novel bacteriophage type, designated ICP1 (for the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh cholera phage 1) is present in all stool samples from cholera patients, while two other bacteriophage types, one novel (ICP2) and one T7-like (ICP3), are transient. ICP1 is a member of the Myoviridae family and has a 126-kilobase genome comprising 230 open reading frames. Comparative sequence analysis of ICP1 and related isolates from this time period indicates a high level of genetic conservation. The ubiquitous presence of ICP1 in cholera patients and the finding that the O1 antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) serves as the ICP1 receptor suggest that ICP1 is extremely well adapted to predation of human-pathogenic V. cholerae O1.
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Friedrich NC, Torrents E, Gibb EA, Sahlin M, Sjöberg BM, Edgell DR. Insertion of a homing endonuclease creates a genes-in-pieces ribonucleotide reductase that retains function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:6176-81. [PMID: 17395719 PMCID: PMC1851037 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609915104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In bacterial and phage genomes, coding regions are sometimes interrupted by self-splicing introns or inteins, which can encode mobility-promoting homing endonucleases. Homing endonuclease genes are also found free-standing (not intron- or intein-encoded) in phage genomes where they are inserted in intergenic regions. One example is the HNH family endonuclease, mobE, inserted between the large (nrdA) and small (nrdB) subunit genes of aerobic ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) of T-even phages T4, RB2, RB3, RB15, and LZ7. Here, we describe an insertion of mobE into the nrdA gene of Aeromonas hydrophila phage Aeh1. The insertion creates a unique genes-in-pieces arrangement, where nrdA is split into two independent genes, nrdA-a and nrdA-b, each encoding cysteine residues that correspond to the active-site residues of uninterrupted NrdA proteins. Remarkably, the mobE insertion does not inactivate NrdA function, although the insertion is not a self-splicing intron or intein. We copurified the NrdA-a, NrdA-b, and NrdB proteins as complex from Aeh1-infected cells and also showed that a reconstituted complex has RNR activity. Class I RNR activity in phage Aeh1 is thus assembled from separate proteins that interact to form a composite active site, demonstrating that the mobE insertion is phenotypically neutral in that its presence as an intervening sequence does not disrupt the function of the surrounding gene.
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- Nancy C. Friedrich
- *Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 1C7; and
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- *Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 1C7; and
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- *Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 1C7; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Miller ES, Kutter E, Mosig G, Arisaka F, Kunisawa T, Rüger W. Bacteriophage T4 genome. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2003; 67:86-156, table of contents. [PMID: 12626685 PMCID: PMC150520 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.67.1.86-156.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 558] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phage T4 has provided countless contributions to the paradigms of genetics and biochemistry. Its complete genome sequence of 168,903 bp encodes about 300 gene products. T4 biology and its genomic sequence provide the best-understood model for modern functional genomics and proteomics. Variations on gene expression, including overlapping genes, internal translation initiation, spliced genes, translational bypassing, and RNA processing, alert us to the caveats of purely computational methods. The T4 transcriptional pattern reflects its dependence on the host RNA polymerase and the use of phage-encoded proteins that sequentially modify RNA polymerase; transcriptional activator proteins, a phage sigma factor, anti-sigma, and sigma decoy proteins also act to specify early, middle, and late promoter recognition. Posttranscriptional controls by T4 provide excellent systems for the study of RNA-dependent processes, particularly at the structural level. The redundancy of DNA replication and recombination systems of T4 reveals how phage and other genomes are stably replicated and repaired in different environments, providing insight into genome evolution and adaptations to new hosts and growth environments. Moreover, genomic sequence analysis has provided new insights into tail fiber variation, lysis, gene duplications, and membrane localization of proteins, while high-resolution structural determination of the "cell-puncturing device," combined with the three-dimensional image reconstruction of the baseplate, has revealed the mechanism of penetration during infection. Despite these advances, nearly 130 potential T4 genes remain uncharacterized. Current phage-sequencing initiatives are now revealing the similarities and differences among members of the T4 family, including those that infect bacteria other than Escherichia coli. T4 functional genomics will aid in the interpretation of these newly sequenced T4-related genomes and in broadening our understanding of the complex evolution and ecology of phages-the most abundant and among the most ancient biological entities on Earth.
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- Eric S Miller
- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7615, USA.
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Greenberg GR, Hilfinger JM. Regulation of synthesis of ribonucleotide reductase and relationship to DNA replication in various systems. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 53:345-95. [PMID: 8650308 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60150-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- G R Greenberg
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Hilfinger JM, He P. Bacteriophage T4 ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase: on the defect causing decreased formation of the beta 93(2) subunit encoded by the nrdB93 mutant gene. Gene X 1994; 142:55-60. [PMID: 8181757 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90354-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Bacteriophage T4 ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase is composed of two proteins, alpha 2 and beta 2, encoded by the nrdA and nrdB genes, respectively. The expression of nrdB is the limiting factor for the assembly of the enzyme. A recently described mutation, nrdB93, may give new insight into the regulation of synthesis of the beta subunit encoded by nrdB. Infection by T4 nrdB93 produced only low concentrations of the beta 2(93) protein. However, a site-specific mutation of phage T4 gene 39, encoding one of the subunits of T4 DNA topoisomerase, phenotypically suppressed the defect. The present work sought to characterize the nature of this defect. The mutation in nrdB93 was a single-base transition (G-->A) resulting in a Gly253-->Asp change. In vivo and in vitro studies provided no evidence of degradation of the beta 2(93) protein. Furthermore, the decrease in beta 2(93) formation was not caused by a delayed onset of transcription, neither by a decreased rate of mRNA formation from the nrdB promoter, nor by a defective intron splicing of the nrdB gene or in the transcription of the terminal segments of the message. These findings are consistent with the concept that the nrdB93 lesion produces a defect at the level of translation.
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- J M Hilfinger
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0606
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Tseng MJ, He P, Hilfinger JM, Greenberg GR. Bacteriophage T4 nrdA and nrdB genes, encoding ribonucleotide reductase, are expressed both separately and coordinately: characterization of the nrdB promoter. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:6323-32. [PMID: 2228963 PMCID: PMC526816 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.11.6323-6332.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We examined the expression of the bacteriophage T4 nrdA and nrdB genes, which encode the alpha 2 and beta 2 subunits, respectively, of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase, the first committed enzyme in the pathway of synthesis of the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. T4 nrdA, located 700 bp upstream from nrdB, has been shown previously to be transcribed by two major transcripts: a prereplicative, polycistronic message, TU, orginating at an immediate-early promoter, PE, that is 3.5 kb upstream from nrdA, and a postreplicative message commencing from a late promoter in its 5' flank. We have found a third promoter initiating a transcript at 159 nucleotides upstream from the reading frame of nrdB. PnrdB functions only in the presence of the T4 motA gene product, which is required for middle (time) promoters, and therefore the onset of nrdB transcription is delayed more than 2 min after infection. Because of the distance of nrdA from PE, the inception of nrdA transcription (delayed early) coincides closely with that of nrdB. An apparent termination site, tA, occurs about 80 bp downstream from nrdA. Some of the polycistronic mRNA reading through the site after 5 min contributes to nrdB transcription. nrdA and nrdB genes in an uninfected host have been reported to be transcribed only coordinately. In contrast, T4 nrdA and nrdB are initially transcribed separately onto the PE and PnrdB transcripts, respectively, but at about 5 min after infection are transcribed both coordinately and on separate transcripts. Evidence is presented that TU coordinately transcribes a deoxyribonucleotide operon in the order: frd, td, gene 'Y,' nrdA, nrdB. Since the beta 2 subunit is known to be formed after the alpha 2 subunit, the expression of the nrdB gene determines the onset of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate synthesis and thus of T4 DNA replication.
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- M J Tseng
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0606
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Total sequence, flanking regions, and transcripts of bacteriophage T4 nrdA gene, coding for alpha chain of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37585-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Wirak DO, Cook KS, Greenberg GR. Defect in synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides by a bacteriophage T4 nrdB mutant is suppressed on mutation of T4 DNA topoisomerase gene. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68771-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Effect of bacteriophage T4 DNA topoisomerase gene 39 on level of beta chain of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase in a T4 nrdB mutant. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68772-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Chu FK, Maley GF, Wang AM, Maley F. Localization of the T4 phage ribonucleotide reductase B1 subunit gene and the nucleotide sequence of its upstream and 5' coding regions. Gene 1987; 57:143-8. [PMID: 3322944 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(87)90185-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The nucleotide (nt) sequence in a 757-bp [corrected] segment downstream from the intron-containing T4 phage thymidylate synthase gene (td) has been determined. This region was found to contain two open reading frames (ORFs). The first ORF(ORF2) [corrected] 261 bp [corrected] in length, is 24 [corrected] nt downstream from the td gene. The second ORF(ORF3) [corrected]) is 200 bp long at 558 [corrected] nt from the td gene and extends to the end of the Eco RI fragment. The amino acid (aa) sequence (66 aa residues) deduced from the second truncated ORF shows 59% homology to the sequence of the N-terminal portion of the ribonucleotide reductase large subunit of either Escherichia coli (B1 subunit) or mouse (M1 subunit). This tentatively identifies the truncated gene to be the 5' end of the T4 phage ribonucleotide reductase subunit B1 (nrdA) gene and pinpoints its exact location on the T4 phage genomic map. Southern hybridization analysis suggests good sequence homology among the nrdA genes of various T-even phages.
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- F K Chu
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201
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The bacteriophage T4 thioredoxin gene was cloned and physically mapped to 47.6 kilobases from the reference BamHI site. The DNA sequence is consistent with that reported from earlier protein sequence studies. The gene was subcloned into a lambda pL overexpression vector which allowed for the isolation of approximately 5 mg/liter.
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Carlson K, Wiberg JS. In vivo cleavage of cytosine-containing bacteriophage T4 DNA to genetically distinct, discretely sized fragments. J Virol 1983; 48:18-30. [PMID: 6887350 PMCID: PMC255318 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.48.1.18-30.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Mutants of bacteriophage T4D that are defective in genes 42 (dCMP hydroxymethylase), 46 (DNA exonuclease), and 56 (dCTPase) produce limited amounts of phage DNA in Escherichia coli B. In this DNA, glucoylated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is completely replaced by cytosine. We found that this DNA rapidly becomes fragmented in vivo to at least 16 discrete bands as visualized on agarose gels subjected to electrophoresis. The sizes of the fragments ranged from more than 20 to less than 2 kilobase pairs. When DNAs from two of these bands were radioactively labeled in vitro by nick translation and hybridized to XbaI restriction fragments of cytosine-containing T4 DNA, evidence was obtained that the two bands are genetically distinct, i.e., they contain DNA from different parts of the T4 genome. Mutational inactivation of T4 endonuclease II (gene denA) prevented the fragmentation. Three different mutations in T4 endonuclease IV (gene denB) caused the same minor changes in the pattern of fragments. We conclude that T4 endonuclease II is required, and endonuclease IV is involved to a minor extent, in the in vivo production of these cytosine-containing T4 DNA fragments. We view these DNA fragments as "restriction fragments" since they represent degradation products of DNA "foreign" to T4, they are of discrete size, and they are genetically distinct. Thus, this report may represent the first, direct in vivo demonstration of discretely sized genetically distinct DNA restriction fragments.
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Cook KS, Greenberg GR. Properties of Bacteriophage T4 ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase subunits coded by nrdA and nrdB mutants. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)32373-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Wright JA. Altered forms of mammalian nucleoside diphosphate reductase from mutant cell lines. Pharmacol Ther 1983; 22:81-102. [PMID: 6361799 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(83)90053-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hall DH, Sargent RG, Trofatter KF, Russell DL. Suppressors of mutations in the bacteriophage T4 gene coding for both RNA ligase and tail fiber attachment activities. J Virol 1980; 36:103-8. [PMID: 7441817 PMCID: PMC353619 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.36.1.103-108.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The protein product of T4 gene 63 catalyzes both the attachment of tail fibers to fiberless phage particles and the ligation of single-stranded RNA (Snopek at al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 74:3355-3359, 1977). To investigate whether the gene 63 product has a role in nucleotide metabolism, we isolated false revertants of amM69 in gene 63. We screened for revertants that could grow at 30 degrees C but not at 43 degrees C on Escherichia coli OK305 when nucleotides were limiting. These false revertants contained the original mutation in gene 63 and new suppressor mutations. Some of these suppressor mutations caused temperature sensitivity by themselves, allowing single mutants carrying the suppressor to be recognized and isolated. The results of mapping and complementation studies indicated that most of these ts suppressors were in the t gene (lysis), one was in gene 5 (baseplate), and one was in gene 18 (sheath). The mutation in gene 18, tsDH638, suppressed three different amber mutations in gene 63 but did not suppress amber mutations in several other genes. None of the suppressors that were characterized were in genes with known functions in nucleotide metabolism. However, an intriguing property of these false revertants was that they were very sensitive to hydroxyurea, an inhibitor of nucleotide metabolism.
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Mileham AJ, Revel HR, Murray NE. Molecular cloning of the T4 genome; organization and expression of the frd--DNA ligase region. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1980; 179:227-39. [PMID: 6258011 DOI: 10.1007/bf00425449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Chiu C, Cox S, Greenberg G. Effect of bacteriophage T4 nrd mutants on deoxyribonucleotide synthesis in vivo. J Biol Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)85801-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mark DF, Richardson CC. Escherichia coli thioredoxin: a subunit of bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1976; 73:780-4. [PMID: 768986 PMCID: PMC336002 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.73.3.780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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T7 DNA polymerase (DNA nucleotidyltransferase; deoxynucleosidetriphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.7) is composed of an 84,000 dalton protein specified by the gene 5 of the phage and a 12,000 dalton protein (TsnC protein) specified by the tsnC gene of E. coli [Modrich, P. & Richardson, C. C. (1975) J. Biol. Chem. 250 5515-5522]. Both proteins are necessary for T7 DNA polymerase activity and for the replication of T7 DNA. The TsnC protein is identical to thioredoxin of E. coli by the following criteria: (1) Homogeneous preparations of both proteins have TsnC and thioredoxin activity. (2) Both proteins show similar stability to heat. (3) They have identical mobilities, corresponding to a molecular weight of 12,000, on polyacrylamide gels containing sodium dodecyl sulfate. (4) Their amino-acid compositions are indistinguishabe. (5) Antibody prepared against thioredoxin inhibits TsnC activity. (6) TsnC protein isolated from purified T7 DNA polymerase has thioredoxin activity. In addition, preparations of T7 DNA polymerase itself exhibit thioredoxin activity and are partially inhibited by antibody to thioredoxin.
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Johnson JR, Collins GM, Rementer ML, Hall DH. Novel mechanism of resistance to folate analogues: ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase deficiency in bacteriophage T4. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1976; 9:292-300. [PMID: 1267427 PMCID: PMC429517 DOI: 10.1128/aac.9.2.292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Some spontaneously occurring bacteriophage T4 mutants (far mutants) were able to form plaques in the presence of concentrations of folate analogues that completely inhibit plaque formation by wild-type phage T4. Some of these far mutants were shown to be ribonucleoside diphosphate (RDP) reductase (EC 1.17.4.1) deficient, and some independently isolated RDP reductase-deficient mutants (nrd mutants) were shown to be folate analogue resistant. The map positions of the RDP reductase-deficient far mutants were shown to be within the genes controlling the phage-induced RDP reductase activity.
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Berglund O. Ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase induced by bacteriophage T4. III. Isolation and characterization of proteins B1 and B2. J Biol Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40965-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Berglund O, Holmgren A. Thioredoxin reductase-mediated hydrogen transfer from Escherichia coli thioredoxin-(SH)2 to phage T4 thioredoxin-S2. J Biol Chem 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)41557-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Chace KV, Hall DH. Isolation of mutants of bacteriophage T4 unable to induce thymidine kinase activity. II. Location of the structural gene for thymidine kinase. J Virol 1975; 15:855-60. [PMID: 1090751 PMCID: PMC354529 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.15.4.855-860.1975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Amber mutants of bacteriophage T4 have been isolated that induce thymidine kinase activity only after infection of a strain of Escherichia coli carrying a suppressor mutation. The activity induced when one of these mutants infected this suppressor strain is much more heat sensitive than the activity induced by wild-type T4. This indicates that this amber mutation lies within the structural gene for thymidine kinase. This gene is between fI and v on the standard T4 genetic map. A mutant of tt4 that is unable to induce thymidine kinase activity incorporates only about one-eighth as much thymidine into its DNA as phage that do induce thymidine kinase. This contrasts to the findings that the total thymidine kinase activity in extracts prepared from cells infected with phage able to induce thymidine kinase in only twice as great as the activity in cells infected with the mutant unable to induce the enzyme.
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Eriksson S, Berglund O. Bacteriophage-induced ribonucleotide reductase systems. T5- and T6-specific ribonucleotide reductase and thioredoxin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1974; 46:271-8. [PMID: 4152788 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1974.tb03619.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Depew RE, Cozzarelli NR. Genetics and physiology of bacteriophage T4 3'-phosphatase: evidence for involvement of the enzyme in T4 DNA metabolism. J Virol 1974; 13:888-97. [PMID: 4362515 PMCID: PMC355387 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.13.4.888-897.1974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mutants of bacteriophage T4D which fail to induce the deoxyribonucleotide-specific T4 3'-phosphatase have been isolated. These mutants (T4pseT) grow as well as wild-type T4 in most strains of Escherichia coli, but not in the T4-sensitive "Hospital Strain," CT196, or in a derivative strain, CTr5x. Both the formation of infectious centers and the final yield of phage are reduced by 98% when CTr5x is infected by T4pseT mutants. The growth defects are accompanied by a 50% reduction in the rate of T4 DNA synthesis, a decrease in the single-strand length of the DNA product to about one-half the mature length, and greatly reduced packaging of DNA into phage particles. Introduction of an extra-cistronic suppressor mutation (stp) into T4pseT eliminates both the requirement for the T4 3'-phosphatase in infected CTr5x and the other observed effects of the pseT mutations. The pseT gene lies between genes 63 and 31. The stp gene lies in the nonessential region between rIIB and ac. Our results suggest that 3'-phosphoryl termini can disrupt T4 DNA replication to the extent that T4 3'-phosphatase becomes required for phage production.
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Johnson JR, Hall DH. Isolation and characterization of mutants of bacteriophage T4 resistant to folate analogs. Virology 1973; 53:413-26. [PMID: 4576345 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(73)90221-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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King J, Laemmli UK. Bacteriophage T4 tail assembly: structural proteins and their genetic identification. J Mol Biol 1973; 75:315-37. [PMID: 4580679 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(73)90024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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King J, Mykolajewycz N. Bacteriophage T4 tail assembly: proteins of the sheath, core and baseplate. J Mol Biol 1973; 75:339-58. [PMID: 4580680 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(73)90025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Trimble RB, Maley GF, Maley F. The in vitro synthesis of T2 bacteriophage-induced deoxycytidylate deaminase and its regulation by allosteric effectors. Arch Biochem Biophys 1972; 153:515-25. [PMID: 4575434 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(72)90370-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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