Affiliation:
1. Institut für Mikrobiologie, ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Formation of DNA adducts following conversion of dichloromethane by bacterial dichloromethane dehalogenase/glutathione
S
-transferase was demonstrated. Adducts included dichloromethane carbon and glutathione sulfur atoms. A reaction with DNA occurred preferentially at guanine bases. Increased DNA degradation in a
polA
mutant of
Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum
DM4 grown with dichloromethane confirmed the genotoxicity associated with dichloromethane degradation, suggesting an important role of DNA repair in the metabolism of halogenated, DNA-alkylating compounds by bacteria.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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