The ada operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes two DNA methyltransferases for inducible repair of DNA alkylation damage

DNA Repair

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 595-602

  Yang, Mingyi ^a,b   Aamodt, Randi M ^a   Dalhus, Bjørn ^a,b   Balasingham, Seetha ^a   Helle, Ina ^a,b   Andersen, Pernille ^a,b   Tønjum, Tone ^a   Alseth, Ingrun ^a   Rognes, Torbjørn ^a,b   Bjørås, Magnar ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ada; AlkA; Alkylation; DNA damage; DNA glycosylase; M. tuberculosis; Methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

6 O METHYLGUANINE; ADA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; PHOSPHOTRIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ALKYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957858583     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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