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R M Bell

Publications and source records attributed to R M Bell.

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PubMed1974

Mutants of Escherichia coli defective in membrane phospholipid synthesis: mapping of sn-glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase Km mutants.

plsB mutants of Escherichia coli are sn-glycerol 3-phosphate auxotrophs which owe their requirement to a K(m) defect in sn-glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase, the first enzyme in the phospholipid biosynthetic pathway. We have located the plsB gene at minute 69 of the E. coli genetic map, far removed from the gene defined by mutants with a temperature-sensitive sn-glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase. The plsB gene was cotransduced with the dctA locus, and the transduction data indicated that the clockwise gene order is asd, plsB, dctA, xyl. plsB(-) is recessive to plsB(+) and all acyltransferase K(m) mutants tested lie very close to the plsB locus. Effective supplementation of plsB mutants was shown not to require a defective glpD gene.

Acyltransferases↗
PubMed1973

Regulation of macromolecular biosynthesis in a mutant of Escherichia coli defective in membrane phospholipid biosynthesis.

Nucleic acid and protein synthesis were studied in temperature-sensitive mutants defective in phospholipid synthesis. The defect is due to a single mutation in glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.15). The results show that at the restrictive temperature not only does phospholipid synthesis cease, but DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis also cease. Active transport continues, however, indicating that the cells do not become leaky or lose their energy supply. These results suggest that phospholipid synthesis is coupled to DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis.

Acyltransferases↗