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Global profiling of B. subtilis comparing wild-type to mutants with altered cytoplasmic membrane composition


ABSTRACT: The Bacillus subtilis membrane contains diacylglycerol-based lipids with at least five distinct headgroups that impart distinct physical and chemical properties to the lipid bilayer. Here, we describe the phenotypic characterization of mutant strains lacking one or more of the following lipids: glycolipids (ugtP mutants), phosphatidylethanolamine (pssA and psd mutants), lysylphosphatidylglycerol (mprF), and cardiolipin (ywnE and ywjE). Alterations of membrane lipid headgroup composition are generally well tolerated by the cell and even severe alterations lead to only modest effects on growth proficiency. Mutants with decreased levels of positively charged lipids display an increased sensitivity to a cationic antimicrobial compounds and cells lacking glycolipids are sensitive to the lantibiotic sublancin and are defective in swarming motility. A quadruple mutant strain (ugtP pssA mprF ywnE), with a membrane comprised predominantly of phosphatidylglycerol, is viable and grows at near wild-type rates, although it forms long, coiled filaments. Transcriptome comparisons identify numerous regulons with altered expression in ugtP mutant cells, the pssA mprF ywnE triple mutant, and the uptP pssA mprF ywnE quadruple mutant. These effects include a general decrease in expression of the SigD and FapR regulons, and increased expression of cell envelope stress responses mediated by ?M and the YvrGHb two-component system.

ORGANISM(S): Bacillus subtilis

PROVIDER: GSE13036 | GEO | 2008/10/09

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA109709

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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