期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 303, 期 3, 页码 140-149出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.01.002
关键词
Wolbachia; Lipid II; Cell division; Peptidoglycan; Pal; Cell wall
资金
- German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Special Research Unit [FOR 854]
- Jurgen Manchot Foundation
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [PF673/3-2]
Obligate Wolbachia endobacteria have a reduced genome and retained genes are hypothesized to be crucial for survival. Although intracellular bacteria do not need a stress-bearing peptidoglycan cell wall, Wolbachia encode proteins necessary to synthesize the peptidoglycan precursor lipid II. The activity of the enzymes catalyzing the last two steps of this pathway was previously shown, and Wolbachia are sensitive to inhibition of lipid II synthesis. A puzzling characteristic of Wolbachia is the lack of genes for L-amino acid racemases essential for lipid II synthesis. Transcription analysis showed the expression of a possible alternative racemase metC, and recombinant Wolbachia MetC indeed had racemase activity that may substitute for the absent L-Ala racemase. However, enzymes needed to form mature peptidoglycan are absent and the function of Wolbachia lipid II is unknown. Inhibition of lipid II biosynthesis resulted in enlargement of Wolbachia cells and redistribution of Wolbachia peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein, demonstrating that lipid II is required for coordinated cell division and may interact with the lipoprotein. We conclude that lipid Ills essential for Wolbachia cell division and that this function is potentially conserved in the Gram-negative bacteria. (C) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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