Alternative cardiolipin synthase Cls1 compensates for stalled Cls2 function in Staphylococcus aureus under conditions of acute acid stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-146

  Ohniwa, Ryosuke L ^a   Kitabayashi, Kana ^a   Morikawa, Kazuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid stress; Cardiolipin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CARDIOLIPIN SYNTHASE 1; CARDIOLIPIN SYNTHASE 2; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLS1 GENE; CLS2 GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871719301     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12037     Document Type: Article

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