Outer membrane composition of a lipopolysaccharide-deficient Neisseria meningitidis mutant
AUTOR(ES)
Steeghs, Liana
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
In the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis, a completely lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-deficient but viable mutant can be obtained by insertional inactivation of the lpxA gene, encoding UDP-GlcNAc acyltransferase required for the first step of lipid A biosynthesis. To study how outer membrane structure and biogenesis are affected by the absence of this normally major component, inner and outer membranes were separated and their composition analysed. The expression and assembly of integral outer membrane proteins appeared largely unaffected. However, the expression of iron limitation-inducible, cell surface-exposed lipoproteins was greatly reduced. Major changes were seen in the phospholipid composition, with a shift towards phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol species containing mostly shorter chain, saturated fatty acids, one of which was unique to the LPS-deficient outer membrane. The presence of the capsular polysaccharide turned out to be essential for viability without LPS, as demonstrated by using a strain in which LPS biosynthesis could be switched on or off through a tac promoter-controlled lpxA gene. Taken together, these results can help to explain why meningococci have the unique ability to survive without LPS.
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