title: The nucleotide sequence of recG, the distal spo operon gene in Escherichia coli K-12.
abstract: A gene is identified in the Escherichia coli K-12 spo operon as recG. Previously identified genes in the spo operon were spoS, alias rpoZ, encoding the omega (omega) subunit of RNA polymerase, as well as the spoT gene encoding the major cellular source of guanosine 3',5'-bispyrophosphate hydrolase activity. The gene order within the spo operon is: spoS (rpoZ), spoT, spoU, recG. A convergent gltS gene is present beyond the spo operon. Mutants bearing recG deletion-insertion alleles display mild sensitivities to both ultraviolet irradiation and to mitomycin C, which is expected to be due to a known recG insertion allele. Deletion-insertion mutations in upstream operon genes (spoT and spoU) show polar effects on these assays of recG function. The deduced 693-amino acid (aa) RecG sequence shows a weak, but significant, relatedness to aa sequence motifs previously reported for putative helicases involved in replication, recombination, and DNA repair.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cashel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009876:Operon; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008937:Mitomycins; C071446:RecG protein, E coli; D016685:Mitomycin