Role of protein synthesis in the survival of carbon-starved Escherichia coli K-12.
AUTOR(ES)
Reeve, C A
RESUMO
In a typical Escherichia coli K-12 culture starved for glucose, 50% of the cells lose viability in ca. 6 days (Reeve et al., J. Bacteriol. 157:758-763, 1984). Inhibition of protein synthesis by chloramphenicol resulted in a more rapid loss of viability in glucose-starved E. coli K-12 cultures. The more chloramphenicol added (i.e., the more protein synthesis was inhibited) and the earlier during starvation it was added, the greater was its effect on culture viability. Chloramphenicol was found to have the same effect on a relA strain as on an isogenic relA+ strain of E. coli. Addition of the amino acid analogs S-2-aminoethylcysteine, 7-azatryptophan, and p-fluorophenylalanine to carbon-starved cultures to induce synthesis of abnormal proteins had an effect on viability similar to that observed when 50 micrograms of chloramphenicol per ml was added at zero time for starvation. Both chloramphenicol and the amino acid analogs had delayed effects on viability, compared with their effects on synthesis of normal proteins. The need for protein synthesis did not arise from cryptic growth, since no cryptic growth of the starving cells was observed under the conditions used. From these and previous results obtained from work with peptidase-deficient mutants of E. coli K-12 and Salmonella typhimurium LT2 (Reeve et al., J. Bacteriol. 157:758-763, 1984), we concluded that a number of survival-related proteins are synthesized by E. coli K-12 cells as a response to carbon starvation. These proteins are largely synthesized during the early hours of starvation, but their continued activity is required for long-term survival.
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