title: Temperature-sensitive formation of the phospholipid molecular species in Escherichia coli membranes.
abstract: Phospholipids in the membranes of Escherichia coli grown at 37 degrees C are composed of different proportions of molecular species than are those at 17 degrees C. The 1,2-disaturated and 1-saturated-2-unsaturated molecular species increased at 37 degrees C, but the 1,2-diunsaturated species increased at 17 degrees C. When the growth temperature was lowered from 37 to 17 degrees C during the middle exponential growth phase, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol composed of proportions of molecular species similar to those found at 17 degrees C were immediately synthesized. By using various membranes composed of different compositions of the phospholipid molecular species, the temperature-sensitive formation of the phospholipid molecular species was found to be independent of the composition of the membrane phospholipids and to be dependent on changes in the specificities of membrane-bound sn-glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase against the acyl-CoAs, due to temperature changes.
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004355:Drug Stability; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase