scholarly journals Effect of Membrane Lipid Composition on the Allosteric Inhibition by Sodium of the (Ca2+)-Adenosine Triphosphatase from Escherichia coli

1972 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 471-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo N. Farias ◽  
Leonor Londero ◽  
Raúl E. Trucco
2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 3500-3505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Gyun Yuk ◽  
Douglas L. Marshall

ABSTRACT The influence of adaptation to pH (from pH 5.0 to 9.0) on membrane lipid composition, verotoxin concentration, and resistance to acidic conditions in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) (pH 1.5, 37�C) was determined for Escherichia coli O157:H7 (HEC, ATCC 43895), an rpoS-deficient mutant of ATCC 43895 (HEC-RM, FRIK 816-3), and nonpathogenic E. coli (NPEC, ATCC 25922). Regardless of the strain, D values (in SGF) of acid-adapted cells were higher than those of non-acid-adapted cells, with HEC adapted at pH 5.0 having the greatest D value, i.e., 25.6 min. Acid adaptation increased the amounts of palmitic acid (C16:0) and decreased cis-vaccenic acid (C18:1ω7c) in the membrane lipids of all strains. The ratio of cis-vaccenic acid to palmitic acid increased at acidic pH, causing a decrease in membrane fluidity. HEC adapted to pH 8.3 and HEC-RM adapted to pH 7.3 exhibited the greatest verotoxin concentrations (2,470 and 1,460 ng/ml, respectively) at approximately 108 CFU/ml. In addition, the ratio of extracellular to intracellular verotoxin concentration decreased at acidic pH, possibly due to the decrease of membrane fluidity. These results suggest that while the rpoS gene does not influence acid resistance in acid-adapted cells it does confer decreased membrane fluidity, which may increase acid resistance and decrease verotoxin secretion.


Biochemistry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (19) ◽  
pp. 1854-1868
Author(s):  
Heidi Vitrac ◽  
Venkata K. P. S. Mallampalli ◽  
Stavros Azinas ◽  
William Dowhan

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 5115-5119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Gyun Yuk ◽  
Douglas L. Marshall

ABSTRACT The influence of heat adaptation (growth at 42 and 45°C) on changes in membrane lipid composition and verotoxin concentration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (ATCC 43895), an rpoS mutant of ATCC 43895 (FRIK 816-3), a verotoxin mutant E. coli O157:H7 (B6-914), and nonpathogenic E. coli (ATCC 25922) was investigated. D values (57°C) of heat-adapted cells were up to 3.9 min longer than those of control cells for all four strains. Heat adaptation increased the amounts of palmitic acid (16:0) and cis-vaccenic acid (18:1ω7c) in membrane lipids of ATCC 43895 and the rpoS mutant, whereas there was a reduction and no change in the amount of cis-vaccenic acid in nonpathogenic and verotoxin mutant E. coli, respectively. The ratio of palmitic to cis-vaccenic acids decreased in ATCC 43895 and in the rpoS mutant, whereas the ratio increased in nonpathogenic E. coli and was not different in the verotoxin mutant with elevated growth temperature. Total verotoxin concentration decreased due to a reduction in intracellular verotoxin amount in heat-adapted ATCC 43895 and rpoS mutant strains. However, extracellular verotoxin concentration increased in heat-adapted cells. The rpoS gene did not influence membrane lipid composition changes although it did affect heat resistance. Results suggest that increased membrane fluidity may have caused increased verotoxin secretion.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1798 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren Schniederberend ◽  
Petra Zimmann ◽  
Mikhail Bogdanov ◽  
William Dowhan ◽  
Karlheinz Altendorf

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