The hybrid plasmid pYBP2 with bacterial (ampR), yeast (LEU2) and bacteriophage T4 (denV) genes has been constructed. The plasmid transformed Escherichia coli CSR603 uvrA recA ampS leuA phr- to ampicillin resistance, leucine independence, UV-resistance similar to the one of uvrA+ recA strain. Cell-free extracts of transformed Escherichia coli cells contain low level of ultraviolet-endonuclease activity in contrast to nontransformed cells containing no enzyme.