Absence of arsenate in DNA from arsenate-grown GFAJ-1 cells

Details Absence of arsenate in DNA from arsenate-grown GFAJ-1 cells Absence of arsenate in DNA from arsenate-grown GFAJ-1 cells

2012-01-31

arxiv.org/abs/1201.6643v2

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Biomolecules

Originally submitted to Science January 30 2012. This is the revised version, resubmitted on April 13 2012. It has not been of

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A strain of Halomonas bacteria, GFAJ-1, has been reported to be able to use arsenate as a nutrient when phosphate is limiting, and to specifically incorporate arsenic into its DNA in place of phosphorus. However, we have found that arsenate does not contribute to growth of GFAJ-1 when phosphate is limiting and that DNA purified from cells grown with limiting phosphate and abundant arsenate does not exhibit the spontaneous hydrolysis expected of arsenate ester bonds. Furthermore, mass spectrometry showed that this DNA contains only trace amounts of free arsenate and no detectable covalently bound arsenate.

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