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Cloning, complementation and sequence analysis identified the suppressor mutation to be in dapD, which encodes tetrahydrodipicolinate succinylase, an enzyme involved in diaminopimelate/lysine biosynthesis. A block in dapB, which encodes dihydrodipicolinate reductase in the same pathway, conferred similar protection. Genetic analysis indicated that the accumulation of tetrahydro- or dihydrodipicolinate mediates protection. Expression of dipicolinate synthase, an enzyme from Bacillus subtilis that generates dipicolinate, also protected the E. coli SOD mutants. The SOD-deficient strains are somewhat starved for iron, and the iron-binding ability of these dipicolinates caused the Fur (iron uptake) regulon to be derepressed in the suppressed strains. However, a fur mutation only partially relieved the auxotrophies, indicating that Fur derepression assists but is not sufficient for suppression. 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