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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 183, 期 18, 页码 5230-5238出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.18.5230-5238.2001
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DegP is a periplasmic protease that is a member of both the sigma (E) and Cpx extracytoplasmic stress regulons of Escherichia coli and is essential for viability at temperatures above 42 degreesC. [U-(14) C] acetate labeling experiments demonstrated that phospholipids were degraded in degP mutants at elevated temperatures. In addition, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, beta -lactamase, and beta -galactosidase assays as well as sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide get electrophoresis analysis indicated that large amounts of cellular proteins are released from degP cells at the nonpermissive temperature. A mutation in pldA, which encodes outer membrane phospholipase A (OMPLA), was found to rescue degP cells from the temperature-sensitive phenotype. pldA degP mutants had a normal plating efficiency at 42 degreesC, displayed increased viability at 44 degreesC, showed no degradation of phospholipids, and released far lower amounts of cellular protein to culture supernatants. degP and pldA degP mutants containing chromosomal lacZ fusions to Cpx and sigma (E) regulon promoters indicated that both regulons were activated in the pldA mutants. The overexpression of the envelope lipoprotein, NIpE, which induces the Cpx regulon, was also found to suppress the temperature-sensitive phenotype of degP mutants but did not prevent the degradation of phospholipids. These results suggest that the absence of OMPLA corrects the degP temperature-sensitive phenotype by inducing the Cpx and sigma (E) regulons rather than by inactivating the phospholipase per se.
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