CELLULAR DEFECTS CAUSED BY DELETION OF THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI DNAK GENE INDICATE ROLES FOR HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN IN NORMAL METABOLISM
CELLULAR DEFECTS CAUSED BY DELETION OF THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI DNAK GENE INDICATE ROLES FOR HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN IN NORMAL METABOLISM
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.171.5.2337-2346.1989
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发表时间:
1989-05-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
WALKER, GC
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作者:
BUKAU, B;WALKER, GC
DnaK is a major heat shock protein of Escherichia coli and has been previously reported to be essential for growth at high temperatures. We systematically investigated the role of DnaK in cellular metabolism at a wide range of growth temperatures by analyzing cellular defects caused by deletion of the dnaK gene (.DELTA.dnaK52). At intermediate temperatures (30.degree. C), introduced of the .DELTA.dnaK52 into wild-type cells caused severe defects in cell division, slow growth, and poor viability of the cells, .DELTA.dnaK52 mutants were genetically unstable at 30.degree. C and frequently acquired secondary mutations. At high (42.degree. C) and low (11 and 16.degree. C) temperatures the .DELTA.dnaK52 allele could only be introduced into the subpopulation of wild-type cells that had duplicated the dnaK region of their chromosome. .DELTA.dnaK52 mutants isolated at 30.degree. C were cold sensitive as well as temperature sensitive for growth. Cell division defects of .DELTA.dnaK52 mutants at 30.degree. C were largely suppressed by overproduction of the FtsZ protein, which is normally required for septation during cell division; however, slow growth and poor viability at 30.degree. C and cold sensitivity and temperature sensitivity of growth were not suppressed, indicating that .DELTA.dnaK52 mutants had additional defective functions besides cell division.