Phosphatidylethanolamine domains and localization of phospholipid synthases in Bacillus subtilis membranes.
Application of the cardiolipin (CL)-specific fluorescent dye 10-N-nonyl-acridine orange has recently revealed CL-rich domains in the septal regions and at the poles of the Bacillus subtilis membrane (F. Kawai, M. Shoda, R. Harashima, Y. Sadaie, H. Hara, and K. Matsumoto, J. Bacteriol. 186:1475-1483, 2004). This finding prompted us to examine the localization of another phospholipid, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), with the cyclic peptide probe, Ro09-0198 (Ro), that binds specifically to PE. Treatment with biotinylated Ro followed by tetramethyl rhodamine-conjugated streptavidin revealed that PE is localized in the septal membranes of vegetative cells and in the membranes of the polar septum and the engulfment membranes of sporulating cells. When the mutant cells of the strains SDB01 (psd1::neo) and SDB02 (pssA10::spc), which both lack PE, were examined under the same conditions, no fluorescence was observed. The localization of the fluorescence thus evidently reflected the localization of PE-rich domains in the septal membranes. Similar PE-rich domains were observed in the septal regions of the cells of many Bacillus species. In Escherichia coli cells, however, no PE-rich domains were found. Green fluorescent protein fusions to the enzymes that catalyze the committed steps in PE synthesis, phosphatidylserine synthase, and in CL synthesis, CL synthase and phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase, were localized mainly in the septal membranes in B. subtilis cells. The majority of the lipid synthases were also localized in the septal membranes; this includes 1-acyl-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, CDP-diacylglycerol synthase, phosphatidylserine decarboxylase, diacylglycerol kinase, glucolipid synthase, and lysylphosphatidylglycerol synthase. These results suggest that phospholipids are produced mostly in the septal membranes and that CL and PE are kept from diffusing out to lateral ones.
Nishibori
Ayako
A
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Sakura, Saitama, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
Kusaka
Jin
J
Hara
Hiroshi
H
Umeda
Masato
M
Matsumoto
Kouji
K
D051103:1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology*; D010717:CDPdiacylglycerol-Serine O-Phosphatidyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002798:Diacylglycerol Cholinephosphotransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D019852:Diacylglycerol Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D004058:Diffusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000378:metabolism*
D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids; C483858:phosphatidylethanolamine; D000217:Acyltransferases; D051103:1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase; D019852:Diacylglycerol Kinase; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); C100091:cardiolipin synthetase; D002798:Diacylglycerol Cholinephosphotransferase; C020676:CDP-diacylglycerol-glycerol-3-phosphate 3-phosphatidyltransferase; D010717:CDPdiacylglycerol-Serine O-Phosphatidyltransferase; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C022353:phosphatidylserine decarboxylase
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