Lipoteichoic Acid Localization in Mesosomal Vesicles of Staphylococcus Aureus

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1974 Oct 1

PMID 4424507

Citations 10

Authors

E Huff

R M Cole

T S THEODORE

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Abstract

Mesosomal vesicles and plasma membranes of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538P have been prepared and examined for the presence of lipoteichoic acid. Lipids were first removed by treatment with pyridine-acetic acid-butanol (22:31:100, vol/vol/vol) and chloroform-methanol (2:1, vol/vol). Subsequently, lipoteichoic acid was removed with 40% phenol in water. The lipoteichoic acid from mesosomal vesicles was characterized by (i) equimolar glycerol and phosphate, (ii) alanine upon hydrolysis (2 N NH(4)OH, 18 h, 22 C), and (iii) fatty acids, diglycerol triphosphate, glycerol monophosphate, and glycerol diphosphate upon alkaline hydrolysis (1 N NaOH, 3h, 100 C). The plasma membranes contained no lipoteichoic acid. The presence in mesosomal vesicles of 18% of the dry weight as lipoteichoic acid and its absence from plasma membranes provide the first major chemical differences between these organelles. A study of the lipoteichoic acid content in various fractions of the cell showed that the mesosomal vesicles were the major and probably the sole site for the localization of the lipoteichoic acid in these organisms. A new method for the preparation of mesosomes in increased yields is reported. A theory for the control of cell division involving lipoteichoic acid and the mesosome is proposed.

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