The phosphatidylcholine synthase of Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 is responsible for the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine, which acts as a temporary reservoir for Al3+

In Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 cells grown with tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide and exposed to Al3Cl, phosphatidylcholine (PC) levels increased, which alleviated stress caused by the Al3+. Here we cloned and sequenced a gene from this strain that encodes a phosphatidylcholine synthase (PCS)...

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Autores: Boeris, Paola Sabrina, Lucchesi, Gloria Ines
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/192610
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/192610
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pseudomonas putida
Phosphatidylcholine
Phosphatidylcholine synthase
Aluminnium
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:In Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 cells grown with tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide and exposed to Al3Cl, phosphatidylcholine (PC) levels increased, which alleviated stress caused by the Al3+. Here we cloned and sequenced a gene from this strain that encodes a phosphatidylcholine synthase (PCS) and characterized a pcs-deficient mutant. In the pcsdeficient mutant, PC could not be detected, whereas the mutant could be successfully complemented and expressed the enzyme, indicating that PC synthesis occurs exclusively via the PCS pathway in this organism. Although under non-stressing growth conditions the pcs-deficient mutant showed growth like that of the wild-type strain, the mutant was much more sensitive when challenged with Al3+, which strongly supports the supposition that PC is involved in the response of P. putida to Al3+ and acts as a temporary reservoir of available ions through the formation of Al3+: PC complexes. © 2012 SGM.