Changes of initiation mass and cell dimensions by the 'eclipse'.

Abstract:

:The minimum time (E) required for a new pair of replication origins (oriCs) produced upon initiating a round of replication to be ready to initiate the next round after one cell mass doubling, the 'eclipse', is explained in terms of a minimal distance (l(min)) that the replication forks must move away from oriC before oriCs can 'fire' again. In conditions demanding a scheduled initiation event before the relative distance l(min)/L(0.5) (L being the total chromosome length) is reached, initiation is presumably delayed. Under such circumstances, cell mass at the next initiation would be greater than the usual, constant Mi (cell mass per copy number of oriC) prevailing in steady state of exponential growth. This model can be tested experimentally by extending the replication time C using thymine limitation at short doubling times tau in rich media to reach a relative eclipse E/C < l(min)/L(0.5). It is consistent with results obtained in experiments in which the number of replication 'positions'n (= C/tau) is increased beyond the natural maximum, causing the mean cell size to rise continuously, first by widening, then by lengthening, and finally by splitting its poles. The consequent branching is associated with casting off a small proportion of normal-sized cells and lysing DNA-less cells. Whether or how these phenomena are related to peptidoglycan composition and synthesis are moot questions.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Zaritsky A,Vischer N,Rabinovitch A

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05501.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-01-01 00:00:00

pages

15-21

issue

1

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

MMI5501

journal_volume

63

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