AEROTAXIS IN SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM - ROLE OF ELECTRON-TRANSPORT
AEROTAXIS IN SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM - ROLE OF ELECTRON-TRANSPORT
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.145.2.990-1001.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, BL
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作者:
LASZLO, DJ;TAYLOR, BL
Sensory transduction in aerotaxis required electron transport, in contrast to chemotaxis, which is independent of electron transport. Assays for aerotaxis were developed by employing spatial and temporal O2 gradients imposed independently of respiration. By varying the step increase in O2 concentration in the temporal assay, the dose-response relationship was obtained for aerotaxis in S. typhimurium. A half-maximal response at 0.4 .mu.M O2 and inhibition by 5 mM KCN suggested that the receptor for aerotaxis is cytochrome o. The response was independent of ATP formation via oxidative phosphorylation, but correlated with changes in membrane potential monitored with the fluorescent cyanine dye diS-C3-(5). Nitrate and fumarate, which are alternative electron acceptors for the respiratory chain in S. typhimurium, inhibited aerotaxis when nitrate reductase and fumarate reductase were induced. These results support the hypothesis that taxis to O2, nitrate and fumarate is mediated by the electron transport system and by changes in the proton motive force. Aerotaxis was normal in Escherichia coli mutants that were defective in the tsr, tar or trg genes; in S. typhimurium, O2 did not stimulate methylation of the products of these genes. A. cheC mutant which shows an inverse response to chemoattractants also gave an inverse response to O2. Aerotaxis is transduced by a distinct and unidentified signalling protein but is focused into the common chemosensory pathway before the step involving the cheC product. When S. typhimurium became anaerobic, the decreased proton motive force from glycolysis supported slow swimming but not tumbling, indicating that a minimum proton motive force was required for tumbling. The bacteria rapidly adapted to the anaerobic condition and resumed tumbling after .apprx. 3 min. The adaptation period was much shorter when the bacteria were previously grown anaerobically.