Genome Property Definition Page

AccessionGenProp0767
Namevery short patch repair
TypeSYSTEM
DescriptionVery short patch (VSP) repair is a repair system that recognizes mismatches caused by deamination of 5-methylcytosine (5meC). Cytosine is modified to 5meC by the product of the dcm gene. Vsr is an endonuclease that creates a nick to allow the repair. In Escherichia coli, the second C of the DNA motif CCWGG (where W is A or T) is methylated; deamination yields T:G mispairs reccognized by the vsr gene product. The vsr gene typically is found very close to the dcm gene, and is essentially restricted to a subset of those genomes that carry dcm.
Parent PropertyGenProp0115: DNA repair
Literature References
[ 1 ] Lieb M, Bhagwat AS   Very short patch repair: reducing the cost of cytosine methylation.   Mol Microbiol. 1996 May;20(3):467-73.  PMID 8736526

Components
Step NameStep NumRequiredEvidence (Method)Evidence Go Terms
DNA-cytosine methyltransferasedcmYESTIGR00675 (HMM-CLUST): DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase
very short patch repairvsrYESTIGR00632 (HMM): DNA mismatch endonuclease Vsr

Parent Properties
AccessionName
GenProp0115DNA repair


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