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Recovery of phage lambda from ultraviolet damage.

R Devoret, M Blanco, J George

    Basic Life Sciences
    |January 1, 1975
    PubMed
    Summary

    Bacteriophage lambda can recover from UV damage via three dark repair pathways. UV reactivation is distinct, being inducible and error-prone, unlike host-cell or prophage reactivation.

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    Area of Science:

    • Microbiology
    • Molecular Biology
    • Genetics

    Background:

    • Ultraviolet (UV) radiation induces DNA damage in bacteriophages, necessitating repair mechanisms for survival.
    • Three dark repair pathways exist for phage lambda: host-cell reactivation (HCR), prophage reactivation (HPR), and UV reactivation (UVR).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review and analyze the properties, genetic dependencies, and relationships of HCR, HPR, and UVR in phage lambda.
    • To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying these repair processes, with a focus on UVR.

    Main Methods:

    • Microbiological assays to define and differentiate repair processes.
    • Analysis of bacterial and phage gene functions in repair.
    • Comparative analysis of molecular mechanisms.

    Main Results:

    • HCR is mediated by pyrimidine dimer excision.
    • HPR involves prereplicative genetic recombination.
    • Evidence suggests UVR does not rely on HCR or HPR mechanisms.
    • UVR is an inducible and error-prone repair process, distinct from HCR and HPR.

    Conclusions:

    • Phage lambda UVR represents a unique DNA repair pathway.
    • The molecular basis of UVR remains largely uncharacterized.
    • The existence of a similar inducible, error-prone repair system for UV-damaged bacterial DNA is an open question.

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