Acetyl phosphate and the phosphorylation of OmpR are involved in the regulation of the cell division rate in Escherichia coli (original) (raw)

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Carbon sources that can be converted to acetate were added to the growth medium of Escherichia coli wild-type cells. Cells responded with an increased cell division rate. The addition of acetate also caused a decreased synthesis of flagella. Mutants in phosphotransacetylase, which are incapable of synthesizing acetyl phosphate, and mutants in the osmoregulator OmpR divided at a lower rate than did wild-type cells. The mutants did not increase their cell division rate upon the addition of serine, as observed for wild-type cells. These data are consistent with the idea that the previously described effect of serine upon the cell division rate is mediated by acetyl phosphate and phosphorylation of OmpR.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60 612-7344, USA, , , , , , US
    B. M. Prüß

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Received: 23 March 1998 / Accepted: 8 May 1998

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Prüß, B. Acetyl phosphate and the phosphorylation of OmpR are involved in the regulation of the cell division rate in Escherichia coli.Arch Microbiol 170, 141–146 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002030050626

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