Biological functions of glucolipids in Bacillus subtilis

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  • Matsuoka Satoshi
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

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  • Biological functions of glucolipids in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>

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<p>Glyceroglycolipids are very important in Gram-positive bacteria and cyanobacteria. In Bacillus subtilis, a model organism for the Gram-positive bacteria, the ugtP mutant, which lacks glyceroglucolipids, shows abnormal morphology. Lack of glucolipids has many consequences: abnormal localization of the cytoskeletal protein MreB and activation of some extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors (σM, σV and σX) in the log phase are two examples. Conversely, the expression of monoglucosyldiacylglycerol (MGlcDG) by 1,2-diacylglycerol 3-glucosyltransferase from Acholeplasma laidlawii (alMGS) almost completely suppresses the ugtP disruptant phenotype. Activation of ECF sigmas in the ugtP mutant is decreased by alMGS expression, and is suppressed to low levels by MgSO4 addition. When alMGS and alDGS (A. laidlawii 1,2-diacylglycerol-3-glucose (1-2)-glucosyltransferase producing diglucosyldiacylglycerol (DGlcDG)) are simultaneously expressed, σX activation is repressed to wild type level. These observations suggest that MGlcDG molecules are required for maintenance of B. subtilis cell shape and regulation of ECF sigmas, and that DGlcDG regulates σX activity. The activation of ECF sigmas is not accompanied by proteolysis of anti-σ. Thus, glyceroglucolipids may have the specific role of helping membrane proteins function by acting in the manner of chaperones.</p>

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