PMID:8586272

Citation	Vuorio, R and Vaara, M (1995) Comparison of the phenotypes of the lpxA and lpxD mutants of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 134:227-32
Abstract	We compared the phenotype of two thermosensitive Escherichia coli mutants defective in lipid A biosynthesis, i.e. SM101 (lpxA) and CDH23-213 (lpxD). More than 40% of the periplasmic 27-kDa marker enzyme beta-lactamase was released from SM101 at 28 degrees C. At this temperature, the mutant still grew with a generation time (67 min), not much longer than that of the parent control strain (57 min). CDH23-213 released beta-lactamase only at higher temperatures. SM101 and CDH23-213 were both unable to grow in hypo-osmotic conditions. Derivatives of SM101 and CDH23-213 with mdoA::Tn10 had identical phenotypes (including thermosensitivity and defective outer membrane permeability barrier to hydrophobic probes) to those of SM101 and CDH23-213, indicating that the potential loss of membrane-derived oligosaccharides (MDO) did not explain these phenotype properties. A method for the estimation of lipid A synthesis rate was developed.
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Keywords	Acyltransferases/genetics; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Lipid A/biosynthesis; Lipid A/genetics; Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism; Mutation; Phenotype; Phosphatidic Acids/metabolism; Temperature; beta-Lactamases/metabolism
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