Sinorhizobium meliloti phospholipase C required for lipid remodeling during phosphorus limitation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Zavaleta Pastor, Maritza ^a   Sohlenkamp, Christian ^a   Gao, Jun Lian ^a,d   Guan, Ziqiang ^b   Zaheer, Rahat ^c   Finan, Turlough M ^c   Raetz, Christian R H ^b   López Lara, Isabel M ^a   Geiger, Otto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell envelope; Diacylglycerol; Diacylglyceryl trimethylhomoserine; Phosphatidylcholine; Phospholipid turnover

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; ORNITHINE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHORUS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRIGLYCERIDES; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 76249126601     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912930107     Document Type: Article

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