• The escherichia coli alkA gene is activated to alleviate mutagenesis by an oxidized deoxynucleoside 

      Grøsvik, Kristin; Tesfahun, Almaz Nigatu; Muruzábal-Lecumberri, Izaskun; Haugland, Gyri Teien; Leiros, Ingar; Ruoff, Peter; Kvaløy, Jan Terje; Knævelsrud, Ingeborg; Ånensen, Hilde; Alexeeva, Marina; Sato, Kousuke; Matsuda, Akira; Alseth, Ingrun; Klungland, Arne; Bjelland, Svein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-25)
      The cellular methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and other endo/exogenous agents methylate DNA bases non-enzymatically into products interfering with replication and transcription. An important product is 3-methyladenine (m<sup>3</sup>A), which in <i>Escherichia coli</i> is removed by m<sup>3</sup>A-DNA glycosylase I (Tag) and II (AlkA). The <i>tag</i> gene is constitutively expressed, while ...