Role of murein lipoprotein in morphogenesis of the bacterial division septum: phenotypic similarity of lkyD and lpo mutants.

AUTOR(ES)

Fung, J

RESUMO

Phenotypes were compared in two different classes of mutants with defects in murein-lipoprotein (lkyD mutants of Salmonella typhimurium and an lpo mutant of Escherichia coli). Both mutations are associated with the same triad of phenotypic abnormalities, consisting of defective formation of the division septum, leakage of periplasmic proteins during growth, and increased sensitivity to several unrelated external toxic agents. The abnormality in septum formation consists of a defect in invagination of the outer membrane during formation of the nascent septum. The results suggest that formation of the murein-lipoprotein link plays an important role in differentiation of the division septum and perhaps also in maintaining the normal barrier function of the outer membrane.

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