[Inducible specific lux-biosensors for the detection of antibiotics: construction and main parameters].

Based on Escherichia coli, highly sensitive specific lux-biosensors for the detection of tetracycline and beta-lactam antibiotics, quinolones, and aminoglycosides have been obtained. To make biosensors, bacteria were used that contained fungal plasmids pTetA'::lux, pAmpC'::lux, pColD'::lux, and plbpA'::lux, in which transcription of the reporter Photorhabdus luminescens luxCDABE genes occurred from the inducible promoters of the tetA, ampC, cda, and ibpA genes, respectively. The main parameters (threshold sensitivity and response time) of lux-biosensors were measured.

[Antirestriction activity of T7 Ocr protein in monomeric and dimeric forms].

The Ocr protein, encoded by 0.3 (ocr) gene of bacteriophage T7, belongs to the family of antirestriction proteins that specifically inhibit the type I restriction-modification systems. Native Ocr forms homodimer (Ocr)2 both in solution and in the crystalline state.

[SOS-repair--60 years].

This review integrates 60 years of research on SOS-repair and SOS-mutagenesis in procaryotes and eucaryotes, from Jean Weigle experiment in 1953 year (mutagenesis of lambda bacteriophage in UV-irradiated bacteria) to the latest achievements in studying SOS-mutagenesis on all living organisms--Eukarya, Archaea and Bacteria. A key role in establishing of a biochemical basis for SOS-mutagenesis belonges to the finding in 1998-1999 years that specific error-prone DNA polymerases (PolV and others) catalysed translesion synthesis on damaged DNA. This review focuses on recent studies addressing the new models for SOS-induced mutagenesis in Escherichia coli and Home sapiens cells.

[Trigger factor dependent refolding of bacterial luciferases in Escherichia coli cells: kinetics, efficiency and effect of the bichaperone system, DnaKJE-ClpB].

Here were determined the basic parameters of the Tigger Factor (TF) -dependent refolding of thermal inactivated bacterial luciferases. The TF-dependent refolding is less efficient and requires more time than DnaKJE-dependent refolding. The increase in the intracellular concentration of TF leads to an apparent decrease in the level of the thermal inactivated bacterial luciferase refolding.

[Comparative analysis of antirestriction activity of R64 ArdA and ArdB proteins].

Antirestriction proteins ArdA and ArdB are specific inhibitors of the type I restriction-modification enzymes. The transmissible plasmid R64 ardA and yfeB (ardB) genes were cloned in pUC18 and pZE21 vectors. It was shown that the R64 ArdA and ArdB proteins inhibit only restriction activity of the type I restriction-modification enzyme (EcoKI) in Escherichia coli K12 cells.