Heat damage to the chromosome of Escherichia coli K-12.
AUTOR(ES)
Pellon, J R
RESUMO
The folded chromosome or nucleoid of Escherichia coli was analyzed by low-speed sedimentation in neutral sucrose gradients after in vivo heat treatment. Heat treatment of cultures at 50 degree C for 15, 30, and 60 min resulted in in vivo association of the nucleoids with cellular protein. Structural changes, determined by the increase in speed dependence of the nucleoids from heated cells, also occurred. These changes were most likely due to the unfolding of the typical compact nucleoid structure. The nucleoids from heated cells also had notably higher sedimentation coefficients (3,000 to 4,500S) than nucleoids from control cells (1,800S). These nucleoids did not contain greater than normal amounts of membrane phospholipids or ribonucleic acid. We propose that the protein associated with the nucleoids from heated cells causes the observed sedimentation coefficient increases.
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