Penicillin-binding proteins of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and their membrane localization.

Journal of Bacteriology
W D ShepherdJ T Park

Abstract

Cytoplasmic membranes (CM) prepared from both chemotrophic and phototrophic cells of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides possess penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), as demonstrated by binding of [125]furazlocillin to isolated membranes, the subsequent separation of the constituent PBPs by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and their detection by autoradiography. The major PBP present in CM from R. sphaeroides corresponds in molecular weight to PBP-5, the predominant PBP present in CM of Escherichia coli. In contrast, the outer membrane of R. sphaeroides shows only low-level furazlocillin-binding activity on a per milligram of protein basis compared with chemotrophic CM. The intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM) derived from phototrophic cells contains less than 5% of the furazlocillin-binding activity of the CM. Based on the specific localization of PBPs in the CM, it is possible to provide quantitative estimates of the extent of CM present in preparations of ICM. This method demonstrates that highly purified preparations of ICM contain less than 5% CM. Additionally, the assay for PBPs demonstrates that during ICM remodeling, which occurs upon a shift from phototrophic to chemotrophic growth, there is no significant ...Continue Reading

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