Gene Review:
mutS - methyl-directed mismatch repair protein
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK2728, JW2703, ant, fdv, plm
- Products of DNA mismatch repair genes mutS and mutL are required for transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair of the lactose operon in Escherichia coli. Mellon, I., Champe, G.N. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1996)
- Demonstration and characterization of mutations induced by Helicobacter pylori organisms in gastric epithelial cells. Yao, Y., Tao, H., Park, D.I., Sepulveda, J.L., Sepulveda, A.R. Helicobacter (2006)
- DNA mismatch-repair in Escherichia coli counteracting the hydrolytic deamination of 5-methyl-cytosine residues. Zell, R., Fritz, H.J. EMBO J. (1987)
- Barriers to recombination between closely related bacteria: MutS and RecBCD inhibit recombination between Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi. Zahrt, T.C., Maloy, S. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- MutS recognition of exocyclic DNA adducts that are endogenous products of lipid oxidation. Johnson, K.A., Mierzwa, M.L., Fink, S.P., Marnett, L.J. J. Biol. Chem. (1999)
- Identification and characterization of a thermostable MutS homolog from Thermus aquaticus. Biswas, I., Hsieh, P. J. Biol. Chem. (1996)
- Effects of Escherichia coli mutator genes mutH, mutL and mutS on 2-aminopurine induced DNA repair. Maenhaut-Michel, G., Caillet-Fauquet, P. Biochimie (1982)
- Induction of SOS response, cellular efflux and oxidative stress response genes by chlorambucil in DNA repair-deficient Escherichia coli cells (ada, ogt and mutS). Salmelin, C., Vilpo, J. Mutat. Res. (2003)
- Development of high-level ceftazidime resistance via single-base substitutions of blaCTX-M-3 in hyper-mutable Escherichia coli. Karisik, E., Ellington, M.J., Pike, R., Livermore, D.M., Woodford, N. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. (2006)
- Repair of heteroduplex DNA molecules with multibase loops in Escherichia coli. Carraway, M., Marinus, M.G. J. Bacteriol. (1993)
- Comparative study of the antimutagenic potential of Vitamin E in different E. coli strains. Nikolić, B., Stanojević, J., Mitić, D., Vuković-Gacić, B., Knezević-Vukcević, J., Simić, D. Mutat. Res. (2004)
- The mismatch repair system (mutS, mutL and uvrD genes) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: molecular characterization of naturally occurring mutants. Oliver, A., Baquero, F., Blázquez, J. Mol. Microbiol. (2002)
- The Escherichia coli fdv gene probably encodes mutS and is located at minute 58.8 adjacent to the hyc-hyp gene cluster. Schlensog, V., Böck, A. J. Bacteriol. (1991)
- Preferential mutagenesis of lacZ integrated at unique sites in the Escherichia coli chromosome. Liu, S.K., Tseng, J.N., Shiuan, D., Hanawalt, P.C. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1997)
- Mitochondrial DNA of the coral Sarcophyton glaucum contains a gene for a homologue of bacterial MutS: a possible case of gene transfer from the nucleus to the mitochondrion. Pont-Kingdon, G., Okada, N.A., Macfarlane, J.L., Beagley, C.T., Watkins-Sims, C.D., Cavalier-Smith, T., Clark-Walker, G.D., Wolstenholme, D.R. J. Mol. Evol. (1998)
- Development of extended-spectrum activity in TEM beta-lactamases in hyper-mutable, mutS Escherichia coli. Ellington, M.J., Livermore, D.M., Pitt, T.L., Hall, L.M., Woodford, N. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. (2006)
- Mutations in the mutY gene of Escherichia coli enhance the frequency of targeted G:C-->T:a transversions induced by a single 8-oxoguanine residue in single-stranded DNA. Moriya, M., Grollman, A.P. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1993)
- Genomic variability among enteric pathogens: the case of the mutS-rpoS intergenic region. Kotewicz, M.L., Brown, E.W., Eugene LeClerc, J., Cebula, T.A. Trends Microbiol. (2003)
- Cloning, sequencing and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene encoding component S of the coenzyme B12-dependent glutamate mutase from Clostridium cochlearium. Zelder, O., Beatrix, B., Buckel, W. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1994)
- Phylogenetic evidence for horizontal transfer of mutS alleles among naturally occurring Escherichia coli strains. Brown, E.W., LeClerc, J.E., Li, B., Payne, W.L., Cebula, T.A. J. Bacteriol. (2001)
- Separation of mutation avoidance and antirecombination functions in an Escherichia coli mutS mutant. Calmann, M.A., Nowosielska, A., Marinus, M.G. Nucleic Acids Res. (2005)
- Construction and purification of his6-Thermus thermophilus MutS protein. Stanisławska-Sachadyn, A., Sachadyn, P., Jedrzejczak, R., Kur, J. Protein Expr. Purif. (2003)