title: Effect of sigmaS on sigmaE-directed cell lysis in Escherichia coli early stationary phase.
abstract: The sigmaE regulon has been shown to perform a novel function that causes dead-cell lysis specific to the early stationary phase in addition to its well-known role in the extracytoplasmic stress response in Escherichia coli. Here, the effect of sigmaS as a general stress-responsive sigma factor on sigmaE-directed cell lysis was investigated. The lysis phenomena were observed in both rpoS mutant and parental strains constitutively expressing active sigmaE, but the former lysis occurred at a relatively early stage compared to the latter. Based on these results and experiments with hydrogen peroxide, we propose that some stresses generate living but non-culturable cells, which are subject to sigmaE-directed cell lysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: Md Shahinur
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kabir
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Rashed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noor
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D009154:Mutation; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D018085:Regulon; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; C069567:sigma factor KatF protein, Bacteria; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide