PMID:5335887

Citation	Walker, JR and Pardee, AB (1967) Conditional mutations involving septum formation in Escherichia coli.J. Bacteriol. 93:107-14
Abstract	The lon(-) mutation is responsible for a defect in cell division of Escherichia coli lightly irradiated with ultraviolet light (UV). These lon(-) mutants can be isolated readily by a procedure described here. Physiological studies were performed with the objective of determining the role of the lon gene. Unirradiated lon(-) mutants grow normally, except that a correlation of this mutation with capsule formation has been noted previously. These two properties can be separated, however. After irradiation, lon(-) grows as long filaments because septum formation is prevented. The filaments eventually lyse. Mass increase and deoxyribonucleic acid and enzyme synthesis appear to proceed normally. Thus, the lesion produced by UV appears to be highly specific. In bacteria that carry both genes (merozygotes), lon(+) is dominant to lon(-). Septum formation is restored to irradiated lon(-) bacteria by introduction of lon(+) by conjugation. Also, normal growth can be restored by nutritional variations. It is concluded that lon(+) is able to nullify the effects of the UV lesion under conditions where lon(-) cannot. Possibly, capsule precursors that can accumulate in the latter are responsible for the difference because they interfere with repair of the UV lesion.
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Keywords	Bacteriolysis; Carbon Isotopes; Cell Division; Coliphages; Enzyme Induction; Escherichia coli; Genes; Lyases; Mutation; Puromycin; Ultraviolet Rays
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Phenotype of	Taxon Information	Genotype Information (if known)	Condition Information	OMP ID	OMP Term Name	ECO ID	ECO Term Name	Notes	Status
a single strain under different conditions	Taxon: Escherichia coli Strain: K-12 Substrain: AX14 NCBI Taxon ID: 83333	Genotype of Reference Strain: lon+ Genotype of Experimental Strain : lon-	Reference Condition: UV radiation Experimental Condition: UV radiation	OMP:0007168	abolished septation	ECO:0000174	mutant physiological response evidence	Fig. 1 and data not shown. Strains used 2e01c and AX14=2e01c lon-
a mutation or genetic difference within a strain	Taxon: Escherichia coli Strain: K-12 Substrain: AX14 NCBI Taxon ID: 83333	Genotype of Reference Strain: lon+ Genotype of Experimental Strain : lon-	Reference Condition: UV radiation Experimental Condition: UV radiation	OMP:0005098	decreased resisance to UV radiation	ECO:0000174	mutant physiological response evidence	Fig. 3
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