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A Role for Single-Stranded Exonucleases in the Use of DNA as a Nutrient

机译:单链外切核酸在使用DNA作为营养中的作用

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Nutritional competence is the ability of bacterial cells to utilize exogenous double-stranded DNA molecules as a nutrient source. We previously identified several genes in Escherichia coli that are important for this process and proposed a model, based on models of natural competence and transformation in bacteria, where it is assumed that single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is degraded following entry into the cytoplasm. Since E. coli has several exonucleases, we determined whether they play a role in the long-term survival and the catabolism of DNA as a nutrient. We show here that mutants lacking either ExoI, ExoVII, ExoX, or RecJ are viable during all phases of the bacterial life cycle yet cannot compete with wild-type cells during long-term stationary-phase incubation. We also show that nuclease mutants, alone or in combination, are defective in DNA catabolism, with the exception of the ExoX? single mutant. The ExoX? mutant consumes double-stranded DNA better than wild-type cells, possibly implying the presence of two pathways in E. coli for the processing of ssDNA as it enters the cytoplasm.
机译:营养能力是细菌细胞利用外源双链DNA分子作为营养源的能力。我们以前在大肠杆菌中鉴定了几个对此过程很重要的基因,并基于细菌的自然能力和转化模型提出了一个模型,其中假定单链DNA(ssDNA)为进入细胞质后降解。自 E。大肠杆菌有几种外切核酸酶,我们确定它们是否在长期存活和DNA作为营养物质的分解代谢中起作用。我们在此处显示,缺少ExoI,ExoVII,ExoX或RecJ的突变体在细菌生命周期的所有阶段都是可行的,但在长期固定相孵育期间却无法与野生型细胞竞争。我们还表明,除了ExoX ?单个突变体外,单独或组合的核酸酶突变体在DNA分解代谢方面均存在缺陷。与野生型细胞相比,ExoX ?突变体消耗的双链DNA更好,这可能暗示 E中存在两种途径。大肠杆菌,用于处理进入细胞质的ssDNA。

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