Reyes-Domínguez Yazmid, Contreras-Ferrat Gabriel, Ramírez-Santos Jesús, Membrillo-Hernández Jorge, Gómez-Eichelmann M Carmen
Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
J Bacteriol. 2003 Feb;185(3):1097-100. doi: 10.1128/JB.185.3.1097-1100.2003.
Stationary-phase cells displayed a distribution of relaxed plasmids and had the ability to recover plasmid supercoiling as soon as nutrients became available. Preexisting gyrase molecules in these cells were responsible for this recovery. Stationary-phase rpoS cells showed a bimodal distribution of plasmids and failed to supercoil plasmids after the addition of nutrients, suggesting that rpoS plays a role in the regulation of plasmid topology during the stationary phase.
稳定期细胞呈现出松弛质粒的分布,并且一旦有营养物质可用,就有能力恢复质粒超螺旋结构。这些细胞中预先存在的促旋酶分子负责这种恢复。稳定期的rpoS细胞呈现出质粒的双峰分布,并且在添加营养物质后无法使质粒超螺旋化,这表明rpoS在稳定期质粒拓扑结构的调节中发挥作用。