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Purification and Quality Control of Recombinant Septin Complexes for Cell-Free Reconstitution
Published on: June 23, 2022
Regulation of septation: a novel role for SerC/PdxF in Salmonella?
Abstract:
The sfiW locus of Salmonella enterica, previously identified by mutations that suppress the cell division defect of His-constitutive (His(c)) strains, corresponds to serC, the bifunctional gene for phosphoserine-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (SerC) and 2-ketoerythroic acid 4-phosphate transaminase (PdxF). SerC- mutants form small, nearly spherical cells in a wild-type (His+) background, suggesting that the SerC/PdxF product acts as a septation antagonist. Suppression of His(c) filamentation by serC mutations may be explained by loss of the anti-septation activity of SerC/PdxF. The isolation of serC alleles that have lost their biosynthetic activities but are still able to inhibit septum formation suggests that the anti-septation activity of the SerC/PdxF product is unrelated to its known roles in serine and pyridoxine biosynthesis.
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