Research Article

Error-Prone Translesion DNA Synthesis by Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase IV (DinB) on Templates Containing 1,2-dihydro-2-oxoadenine

Table 1

Nucleotide sequences of oligonucleotides used in this study.

Template 1 3 -CGTCGGGCCCCCTAAGTGATCAAG- 5
Template 2 3 -CGTCGGGCCCCCTA2GTGATCAAG- 5
Template 3 3 -CGTCGGGCCCCCTAGGTGATCAAG- 5
Template 4 3 -CGTCGGGCCCCCTA8GTGATCAAG- 5
Template 5 3 -ACGTCCAGCTCACATCTCCTAG - 5
Template 6 3 -ACGTCCAGCTCACATCFCCTAG - 5
Template 7 3 -ACGTCCAGCTCACATCHCCTAG - 5
Template 8 3 -CGACGGGCCCCCAATGAGAACAAG- 5
Template 9 3 -CGACGGGCCCCCAAXGAGAACAAG- 5
Primer 1 5 -32P-GCTGCCCGGGGGTT- 3
Primer 2 5 -32P-TGCAGGTCGACTCTAG- 3
Primer 3 5 -32P-GCAGCCCGGGGGAT- 3

2, F, H, 8, and X represent 1,2-dihydro-2-oxoadenine (2-oxodA), 5-formyluracil (5-fodU), 5-hydroxymethyluracil (5-hmdU), 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxodG), and thymine glycol (dTg), respectively.