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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 1999, p. 1800-1809, Vol. 19, No. 3
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae ETH1 Gene, an Inducible Homolog of Exonuclease III That Provides Resistance to DNA-Damaging Agents and Limits Spontaneous Mutagenesis

Richard A. O. Bennett*

Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Received 22 September 1998/Returned for modification 5 November 1998/Accepted 16 November 1998

The recently sequenced Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome was searched for a gene with homology to the gene encoding the major human AP endonuclease, a component of the highly conserved DNA base excision repair pathway. An open reading frame was found to encode a putative protein (34% identical to the Schizosaccharomyces pombe eth1+ [open reading frame SPBC3D6.10] gene product) with a 347-residue segment homologous to the exonuclease III family of AP endonucleases. Synthesis of mRNA from ETH1 in wild-type cells was induced sixfold relative to that in untreated cells after exposure to the alkylating agent methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). To investigate the function of ETH1, deletions of the open reading frame were made in a wild-type strain and a strain deficient in the known yeast AP endonuclease encoded by APN1. eth1 strains were not more sensitive to killing by MMS, hydrogen peroxide, or phleomycin D1, whereas apn1 strains were ~3-fold more sensitive to MMS and ~10-fold more sensitive to hydrogen peroxide than was the wild type. Double-mutant strains (apn1 eth1) were ~15-fold more sensitive to MMS and ~2- to 3-fold more sensitive to hydrogen peroxide and phleomycin D1 than were apn1 strains. Elimination of ETH1 in apn1 strains also increased spontaneous mutation rates 9- or 31-fold compared to the wild type as determined by reversion to adenine or lysine prototrophy, respectively. Transformation of apn1 eth1 cells with an expression vector containing ETH1 reversed the hypersensitivity to MMS and limited the rate of spontaneous mutagenesis. Expression of ETH1 in a dut-1 xthA3 Escherichia coli strain demonstrated that the gene product functionally complements the missing AP endonuclease activity. Thus, in apn1 cells where the major AP endonuclease activity is missing, ETH1 offers an alternate capacity for repair of spontaneous or induced damage to DNA that is normally repaired by Apn1 protein.

* Mailing address: Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 432-3490. Fax: (617) 432-0377. E-mail: raob{at}hsph.harvard.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 1999, p. 1800-1809, Vol. 19, No. 3
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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