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CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY
卷 13, 期 11, 页码 1744-1754出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01655.x
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [SCHL585/6-1]
- Center of Membrane Proteomics Frankfurt (CMP)
- Cluster of Excellence 'Macromolecular Complexes
- Volkswagenstiftung
Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 is a prototype filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, in which nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis are spatially separated. Recent molecular and cellular studies have established the importance of molecular exchange between cells in the filament, but the routes involved are still under investigation. Two current models propose either a continuous periplasm or direct connections between adjacent cells whose integrity requires the protein SepJ. We used electron tomography to analyze the ultrastructure of the septum between vegetative cells in the Anabaena filament and were able to visualize intercellular connections that we term SEPTOSOMES. We observed that, whereas the existence of the septosome does not depend on the presence of SepJ, the spacing between the two plasma membranes of the septum was significantly decreased in a ?sepJ mutant. In addition, we observed that the peptidoglycan layer of each cell enters the septum but the outer membrane does not. Thus, each cell in the filament is individually surrounded by a plasma membrane and a peptidoglycan layer, and physical cellcell contacts are mediated by the septosome.
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