Properties of a Revertant of Escherichia coli Viable in the Presence of Spermidine Accumulation: Increase in l-Glycerol 3-Phosphate
AUTOR(ES)
Raj, V. Samuel
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Escherichia coli CAG2242 cells are deficient in the speG gene encoding spermidine acetyltransferase. When these cells were cultured in the presence of 0.5 to 4 mM spermidine, their viability was greatly decreased through the inhibition of protein synthesis by overaccumulation of spermidine. When the cells were cultured with a high concentration of spermidine (4 mM), a revertant strain was obtained. We found that a 55-kDa protein, glycerol kinase, was overexpressed in the revertant and that synthesis of a ribosome modulation factor and the RNA polymerase ς38 subunit, factors important for cell viability, was increased in the revertant. Levels of l-glycerol 3-phosphate also increased in the revertant. Transformation of glpFK, which encodes a glycerol diffusion facilitator (glpF) and glycerol kinase (glpK), to E. coli CAG2242 partially prevented the cell death caused by accumulation of spermidine. It was also found that l-glycerol 3-phosphate inhibited spermidine binding to ribosomes and attenuated the inhibition of protein synthesis caused by high concentrations of spermidine. These results indicate that l-glycerol 3-phosphate reduces the binding of excess amounts of spermidine to ribosomes so that protein synthesis is recovered.
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