title: Nucleotide sequence of the Salmonella typhimurium mutB gene, the homolog of Escherichia coli mutY.
abstract: The mutB gene of Salmonella typhimurium is involved in a methylation-independent repair pathway specific for A/G or A/C mismatches and is the homolog of the Escherichia coli mutY gene. The mutB gene of S. typhimurium was cloned and sequenced. The isolated mutB clone reduced the mutation rate of the mutB mutant to wild-type levels and also restored A/G mismatch-specific nicking activity, which is defective in mutB extracts. The amino acid sequence encoded by the mutB gene is 91% homologous to that encoded by the E. coli mutY gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Desiraju
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Shanabruch
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004249:DNA Damage; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; C079122:MutB protein, Salmonella typhimurium; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; C061738:mutY adenine glycosylase