Control of cell shape and elongation by the rodA gene in Bacillus subtilis.

Abstract:

:The Escherichia coli rodA and ftsW genes and the spoVE gene of Bacillus subtilis encode membrane proteins that control peptidoglycan synthesis during cellular elongation, division and sporulation respectively. While rodA and ftsW are essential genes in E. coli, the B. subtilis spoVE gene is dispensable for growth and is only required for the synthesis of the spore cortex peptidoglycan. In this work, we report on the characterization of a B. subtilis gene, designated rodA, encoding a homologue of E. coli RodA. We found that the growth of a B. subtilis strain carrying a fusion of rodA to the IPTG-inducible Pspac promoter is inducer dependent. Limiting concentrations of inducer caused the formation of spherical cells, which eventually lysed. An increase in the level of IPTG induced a sphere-to-short rod transition that re-established viability. Higher levels of inducer restored normal cell length. Staining of the septal or polar cap peptidoglycan by a fluorescent lectin was unaffected during growth of the mutant under restrictive conditions. Our results suggest that rodA functions in maintaining the rod shape of the cell and that this function is essential for viability. In addition, RodA has an irreplaceable role in the extension of the lateral walls of the cell. Electron microscopy observations support these conclusions. The ultrastructural analysis further suggests that the growth arrest that accompanies loss of the rod shape is caused by the cell's inability to construct a division septum capable of spanning the enlarged cell. RodA is similar over its entire length to members of a large protein family (SEDS, for shape, elongation, division and sporulation). Members of the SEDS family are probably present in all eubacteria that synthesize peptidoglycan as part of their cell envelope.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Henriques AO,Glaser P,Piggot PJ,Moran CP Jr

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00766.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-04-01 00:00:00

pages

235-47

issue

2

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

journal_volume

28

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Determinants of the streptococcal surface glycoprotein GspB that facilitate export by the accessory Sec system.

    abstract::GspB is a large cell-surface glycoprotein expressed by Streptococcus gordonii M99 that mediates binding of this organism to human platelets. This adhesin is glycosylated in the cytoplasm, and is then transported to the cell surface via an accessory Sec system. To assess the structural features of GspB that are needed ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04919.x

    authors: Bensing BA,Takamatsu D,Sullam PM

    更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00

  • A sirtuin in the African trypanosome is involved in both DNA repair and telomeric gene silencing but is not required for antigenic variation.

    abstract::Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2)-related proteins or sirtuins function as NAD(+)-dependent deacetylases or ADP ribosylases that target a range of substrates, thereby influencing chromatin structure and a diverse range of other biological functions. Genes encoding three Sir2-related proteins (SIR2rp1-3) have been ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05553.x

    authors: Alsford S,Kawahara T,Isamah C,Horn D

    更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00

  • Molecular analysis of rugosity in a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor phase variant.

    abstract::Reversible phase variation between the rugose and smooth colony variants is predicted to be important for the survival of Vibrio cholerae in natural aquatic habitats. Microarray expression profiling studies of the rugose and smooth variants of the same strain led to the identification of 124 differentially regulated g...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04154.x

    authors: Yildiz FH,Liu XS,Heydorn A,Schoolnik GK

    更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00

  • Cleavage of preflagellins by an aspartic acid signal peptidase is essential for flagellation in the archaeon Methanococcus voltae.

    abstract::The differences between archaeal and bacterial flagella are becoming more apparent as research on the archaeal structure progresses. One crucial difference is the presence of a leader peptide on archaeal preflagellins, which is removed from the flagellin prior to its incorporation into the flagellar filament. The enzy...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03758.x

    authors: Bardy SL,Jarrell KF

    更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00

  • Bacterial toxin YafQ is an endoribonuclease that associates with the ribosome and blocks translation elongation through sequence-specific and frame-dependent mRNA cleavage.

    abstract::Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems on the chromosomes of free-living bacteria appear to facilitate cell survival during intervals of stress by inducing a state of reversible growth arrest. However, upon prolonged stress, TA toxin action leads to cell death. They have been implicated in several clinically important phenomena...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06572.x

    authors: Prysak MH,Mozdzierz CJ,Cook AM,Zhu L,Zhang Y,Inouye M,Woychik NA

    更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00

  • Hexose phosphorylation and the putative calcium channel component Mid1p are required for the hexose-induced transient elevation of cytosolic calcium response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    abstract::Saccharomyces cerevisiae responds to environ-mental stimuli such as an exposure to pheromone or to hexoses after carbon source limitation with a transient elevation of cytosolic calcium (TECC) response. In this study, we examined whether hexose transport and phosphorylation are necessary for the TECC response. We foun...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02956.x

    authors: Tökés-Füzesi M,Bedwell DM,Repa I,Sipos K,Sümegi B,Rab A,Miseta A

    更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00

  • Novel carbohydrate binding modules in the surface anchored α-amylase of Eubacterium rectale provide a molecular rationale for the range of starches used by this organism in the human gut.

    abstract::Gut bacteria recognize accessible glycan substrates within a complex environment. Carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) of cell surface glycoside hydrolases often drive binding to the target substrate. Eubacterium rectale, an important butyrate-producing organism in the gut, consumes a limited range of substrates, inclu...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.13881

    authors: Cockburn DW,Suh C,Medina KP,Duvall RM,Wawrzak Z,Henrissat B,Koropatkin NM

    更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00

  • Pyruvate oxidase, as a determinant of virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    abstract::Pneumococcus has been shown to bind to epithelial cells of the nasopharynx and lung, and to endothelial cells of the peripheral vasculature. To characterize bacterial elements required for attachment to these cell types, a library of genetically altered pneumococci with defects in exported proteins was screened for th...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.425954.x

    authors: Spellerberg B,Cundell DR,Sandros J,Pearce BJ,Idanpaan-Heikkila I,Rosenow C,Masure HR

    更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00

  • DNA sequence analysis of three missense mutations affecting colicin E3 bactericidal activity.

    abstract::We have determined the nucleotide sequence changes caused by three missense mutations leading to the production of inactive colicin E3 proteins. The ceaC1 mutation, affecting the translocation of colicin E3 through bacterial membranes, is caused by a serine to phenylalanine change at position 37 within the glycine-ric...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1987.tb00530.x

    authors: Escuyer V,Mock M

    更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00

  • Identification and characterization of ispA, a Shigella flexneri chromosomal gene essential for normal in vivo cell division and intracellular spreading.

    abstract::The virulent phenotype of Shigella requires loci on the chromosome as well as on the large virulence plasmid, and is regulated via a complex web of interactions amongst various chromosomal and large plasmid genes. To further investigate the role of chromosomal loci in virulence, we performed random Tn10 mutagenesis in...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.405941.x

    authors: Mac Síomóin RA,Nakata N,Murai T,Yoshikawa M,Tsuji H,Sasakawa C

    更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00

  • Post-transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis dnaK operon.

    abstract::The heptacistronic dnaK heat shock operon of Bacillus subtilis consists of the genes hrcA, grpE, dnaK, dnaJ, orf35, orf28 and orf50. It is controlled by the CIRCE/HrcA operator/repressor system and specifies three primary transcripts, two of which are processed into three different products. We have analysed the regul...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01428.x

    authors: Homuth G,Mogk A,Schumann W

    更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00

  • Increasing competence in the genus Streptococcus.

    abstract::Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most important model organisms for studies on natural genetic transformation in bacteria. The prevalence of this gene exchange mechanism in the genus Streptococcus has not been subjected to systematic investigations, but it has been known for decades that only a few streptococcal...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07380.x

    authors: Håvarstein LS

    更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00

  • Role of the spacer between the -35 and -10 regions in sigmas promoter selectivity in Escherichia coli.

    abstract::In vitro, the sigma(s) subunit of RNA polymerase (RNAP), RpoS, recognizes nearly identical -35 and -10 promoter consensus sequences as the vegetative sigma70. In vivo, promoter selectivity of RNAP holoenzyme containing either sigma(s) (Esigma(s)) or sigma70 (Esigma70) seems to be achieved by the differential ability o...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04998.x

    authors: Typas A,Hengge R

    更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00

  • Replication mutants of Staphylococcus aureus macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance plasmid pT48.

    abstract::Copy-number mutants of Staphylococcus aureus macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS) resistance plasmid pT48 were isolated by their resistance to the non-inducing macrolide, tylosin. One mutant plasmid, pcopD3, showed a three- to five-fold cis-dominant increase in copy number, and nucleotide sequence analysis reve...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb00771.x

    authors: Catchpole I,Dyke KG

    更新日期:1991-04-01 00:00:00

  • Phase variation controls expression of Salmonella lipopolysaccharide modification genes by a DNA methylation-dependent mechanism.

    abstract::The O-antigen of Salmonella lipopolysaccharide is a major antigenic determinant and its chemical composition forms the basis for Salmonella serotyping. Modifications of the O-antigen that can affect the serotype include those carried out by the products of glycosyltransferase operons (gtr), which are present on specif...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07203.x

    authors: Broadbent SE,Davies MR,van der Woude MW

    更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00

  • Farnesol and dodecanol effects on the Candida albicans Ras1-cAMP signalling pathway and the regulation of morphogenesis.

    abstract::Candida albicans hypha formation which has been stimulated via the Ras1-cAMP-Efg1 signalling cascade is inhibited by farnesol, a C. albicans autoregulatory factor, and small molecules such as dodecanol. In cultures containing farnesol or dodecanol, hypha formation was restored upon addition of dibutyryl-cAMP. The CAI4...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06013.x

    authors: Davis-Hanna A,Piispanen AE,Stateva LI,Hogan DA

    更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00

  • Evidence that F-plasmid proteins TraV, TraK and TraB assemble into an envelope-spanning structure in Escherichia coli.

    abstract::We have examined the role of the F-plasmid TraV outer membrane lipoprotein in the assembly of F-pili. Yeast two-hybrid analysis with a traV bait repeatedly identified traK, which is predicted to encode a periplasmic protein, among positive prey plasmids. A traK bait in turn identified traV and traB, which is predicted...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02667.x

    authors: Harris RL,Hombs V,Silverman PM

    更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00

  • Helicobacter pylori HP0518 affects flagellin glycosylation to alter bacterial motility.

    abstract::Helicobacter pylori is a human gastric pathogen associated with gastric and duodenal ulcers as well as gastric cancer. Mounting evidence suggests this pathogen's motility is prerequisite for successful colonization of human gastric tissues. Here, we isolated an H. pylori G27 HP0518 mutant exhibiting altered motility i...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07393.x

    authors: Asakura H,Churin Y,Bauer B,Boettcher JP,Bartfeld S,Hashii N,Kawasaki N,Mollenkopf HJ,Jungblut PR,Brinkmann V,Meyer TF

    更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00

  • Membrane protein insertase YidC in bacteria and archaea.

    abstract::The insertion of proteins into the prokaryotic plasma membrane is catalyzed by translocases and insertases. On one hand, the Sec translocase operates as a transmembrane channel that can open laterally to first bind and then release the hydrophobic segments of a substrate protein into the lipid bilayer. On the other ha...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1111/mmi.13586

    authors: Kuhn A,Kiefer D

    更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00

  • nasST, two genes involved in the induction of the assimilatory nitrite-nitrate reductase operon (nasAB) of Azotobacter vinelandii.

    abstract::An operon including two new genes (nasS and nasT) has been defined, cloned and sequenced. The deduced NASS protein is homologous to NRTA from Synechococcus sp. and to NASF from Klebsiella pneumoniae, two proteins involved in nitrate uptake. The predicted NAST polypeptide is homologous to the regulator proteins of the ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18030579.x

    authors: Gutierrez JC,Ramos F,Ortner L,Tortolero M

    更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00

  • The terminal oxidases of Paracoccus denitrificans.

    abstract::Three distinct types of terminal oxidases participate in the aerobic respiratory pathways of Paracoccus denitrificans. Two alternative genes encoding subunit I of the aa3-type cytochrome c oxidase have been isolated before, namely ctaDI and ctaDII. Each of these genes can be expressed separately to complement a double...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb00414.x

    authors: de Gier JW,Lübben M,Reijnders WN,Tipker CA,Slotboom DJ,van Spanning RJ,Stouthamer AH,van der Oost J

    更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens oncogenic suppressors inhibit T-DNA and VirE2 protein substrate binding to the VirD4 coupling protein.

    abstract::Agrobacterium tumefaciens uses a type IV secretion (T4S) system composed of VirB proteins and VirD4 to deliver oncogenic DNA (T-DNA) and protein substrates to susceptible plant cells during the course of infection. Here, by use of the Transfer DNA ImmunoPrecipitation (TrIP) assay, we present evidence that the mobiliza...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04852.x

    authors: Cascales E,Atmakuri K,Liu Z,Binns AN,Christie PJ

    更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00

  • RosE represses Std fimbrial expression in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium.

    abstract::The Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium (S. typhimurium) genome contains a large repertoire of putative fimbrial operons that remain poorly characterized because they are not expressed in vitro. In this study, insertions that induced expression of the putative stdABCD fimbrial operon were identified from a random...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06185.x

    authors: Chessa D,Winter MG,Nuccio SP,Tükel C,Bäumler AJ

    更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00

  • A novel class of peptide pheromone precursors in ascomycetous fungi.

    abstract::Recently, sexual development in the heterothallic ascomycete Trichoderma reesei (anamorph of Hypocrea jecorina) has been achieved and thus initiated attempts to elucidate regulation and determinants of this process. While the α-type pheromone of this fungus fits the consensus known from other fungi, the assumed a-type...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07295.x

    authors: Schmoll M,Seibel C,Tisch D,Dorrer M,Kubicek CP

    更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00

  • Leishmania mexicana can utilize amino acids as major carbon sources in macrophages but not in animal models.

    abstract::Leishmania parasites target macrophages in their mammalian hosts and proliferate within the mature phagolysosome compartment of these cells. Intracellular amastigote stages are dependent on sugars as a major carbon source in vivo, but retain the capacity to utilize other carbon sources. To investigate whether amastigo...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/mmi.13923

    authors: Saunders EC,Naderer T,Chambers J,Landfear SM,McConville MJ

    更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00

  • The conserved polarity factor podJ1 impacts multiple cell envelope-associated functions in Sinorhizobium meliloti.

    abstract::Although diminutive in size, bacteria possess highly diverse and spatially confined cellular structures. Two related alphaproteobacteria, Sinorhizobium meliloti and Caulobacter crescentus, serve as models for investigating the genetic basis of morphological variations. S. meliloti, a symbiont of leguminous plants, syn...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08064.x

    authors: Fields AT,Navarrete CS,Zare AZ,Huang Z,Mostafavi M,Lewis JC,Rezaeihaghighi Y,Brezler BJ,Ray S,Rizzacasa AL,Barnett MJ,Long SR,Chen EJ,Chen JC

    更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00

  • Critical protective role of bacterial superoxide dismutase in rhizobium-legume symbiosis.

    abstract::In nitrogen-poor soils, rhizobia elicit nodule formation on legume roots, within which they differentiate into bacteroids that fix atmospheric nitrogen. Protection against reactive oxygen species (ROS) was anticipated to play an important role in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis because nitrogenase is extremely oxygen sensi...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02178.x

    authors: Santos R,Hérouart D,Puppo A,Touati D

    更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00

  • StoPK-1, a serine/threonine protein kinase from the glycopeptide antibiotic producer Streptomyces toyocaensis NRRL 15009, affects oxidative stress response.

    abstract::The glycopeptide antibiotic-producing bacterium, Streptomyces toyocaensis NRRL 15009, has proteins phosphorylated on Ser, Thr, Tyr and His, implying the presence of a battery of associated kinases. We have identified the Ser/Thr protein kinase gene fragments stoPK-1, stoPK-2, stoPK-3 and stoPK-4 from S. toyocaensis NR...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02879.x

    authors: Neu JM,MacMillan SV,Nodwell JR,Wright GD

    更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00

  • Interaction of CodY, a novel Bacillus subtilis DNA-binding protein, with the dpp promoter region.

    abstract::The product of the codY gene is required for nutritional repression of the Bacillus subtillis dipeptide permease operon (dpp), an operon expressed at early stationary phase in nutrient-rich medium. Though unrelated to any known DNA-binding protein, CodY was shown to bind specifically to the dpp promoter region. DNase ...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02522.x

    authors: Serror P,Sonenshein AL

    更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00

  • Novel yeast killer toxins provoke S-phase arrest and DNA damage checkpoint activation.

    abstract::Certain strains of Pichia acaciae and Wingea robertsiae (synonym Debaryomyces robertsiae) harbour extranuclear genetic elements that confer a killer phenotype to their host. Such killer plasmids (pPac1-2 of P. acaciae and pWR1A of W. robertsiae) were sequenced and compared with the zymocin encoding pGKL1 of Kluyveromy...

    journal_title:Molecular microbiology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04119.x

    authors: Klassen R,Teichert S,Meinhardt F

    更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00