A polyphosphate kinase 1 (ppk1) mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits multiple ultrastructural and functional defects.
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Fraley, Cresson D.Rashid, M. Harunur
Lee, Sam S. K.
Gottschalk, Rebecca
Harrison, Janine
Wood, Pauline J.
Brown, Michael R. W.
Kornberg, Arthur
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2007
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, of medical, environmental, and industrial importance, depends on inorganic polyphosphate (poly P) for a wide range of functions, especially survival. Mutants of PAO1 lacking poly P kinase 1, PPK1, the enzyme responsible for most poly P synthesis in Escherichia coli and other bacteria, are defective in motility, quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and virulence. We describe here multiple defects in the ppk1 mutant PAOM5, including a striking compaction of the nucleoid, distortion of the cell envelope, lack of planktonic motility and exopolymer production, and susceptibility to the beta-lactam antibiotic carbenicillin as well as desiccation. We propose that P. aeruginosa with reduced poly P levels undergoes ultrastructural changes that contribute to profound deficiencies in cellular functions.Citation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 (9): 3526-3531Publisher
National Academy of SciencesJournal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaPubMed ID
17360677Additional Links
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/104/9/3526Type
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enISSN
0027-8424ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1073/pnas.0609733104
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