“…However, induction of the SOS response in E. coli increases bypass of bulky adducts, including (ϩ)-ta[BP]G, with a significant increase in both error-free and error-prone events (49,51,60,66); this suggests that Y-family DNA polymerases, including pol IV and pol V, evolved to overcome replication hurdles in order to increase cellular survival (6,60). In agreement, a recent study suggests two mutagenic pathways for G 3 T mutations in E. coli dictated by sequence context, one of which is dependent on DNA polymerase V, a Y-family DNA polymerase (67). Indeed, bulky adducts, such as (ϩ)-ta[BP]G, predominantly block replicative DNA polymerases (47, 56 -58, 68 -70), but members of the Y-family, including pol (71), pol (64), and pol (63), bypass these adducts more readily than their replicative counterparts, albeit with reduced efficiency when compared with that in undamaged DNA (4,7,20,63,71).…”