Abstract
O6-Methyl[8-3H]deoxyguanosine in a synthetic DNA polymer, poly(dC, dG, m6dG), is demethylated by cell-free extracts of EscherichiacoliB/r adapted by exposure to N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, as shown by the appearance of 3H-labeled deoxyguanosine in hydrolysates of the recovered DNA. The demethylating activity could not be detected in extracts of nonadapted E. coli. These results provide direct evidence that a previously described inducible repair activity in E. coli acts by demethylating O6-methylguanine at the DNA level.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 654-659 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Topics in Catalysis |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1980 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)
- Biochemistry
- Biophysics
- Molecular Biology