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. 1987 Jun;169(6):2724–2729. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.6.2724-2729.1987

Suppressible base substitution mutations induced by angelicin (isopsoralen) in the Escherichia coli lacI gene: implications for the mechanism of SOS mutagenesis.

S S Miller, E Eisenstadt
PMCID: PMC212177  PMID: 3294805

Abstract

Angelicin- plus near-UV-induced mutations were umuC dependent in Escherichia coli K-12. Angelicin, a monofunctional psoralen derivative, is believed to damage DNA almost exclusively at pyrimidine bases. To broaden our knowledge about the mutagenic specificity of SOS-dependent mutagens, we determined the mutational specificity of 233 suppressible lacI mutations induced by angelicin. More than 90% of the nonsense mutations arose via transversion substitutions. The three most frequently mutated sites were at A-T base pairs and accounted for more than one-third of all induced nonsense mutations. The two hottest sites were at the only occurrences of the 5'-TATA-3' tetranucleotide in lacI, a sequence expected to be a preferred binding site for a psoralen. Both A-T-to-T-A and A-T-to-C-G transversions were well induced by angelicin treatment, but the frequency of each transversion depended on the particular site. We also detected significant induction of transversion mutations at G-C sites. The induction of transversions by an SOS-dependent mutagen that generates lesions at pyrimidines supports the idea that DNA lesions influence the selection of bases that are incorporated via the process of SOS repair.

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