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The lethal effect of a benzamide derivative, 3-methoxybenzamide, can be suppressed by mutations within a cell
Y Ohashi1, Y Chijiiwa, K Suzuki
1Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, College of Science, Rikkyo (St. Paul's) University, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
Journal of Bacteriology
|February 11, 1999
Abstract:
3-Methoxybenzamide (3-MBA), which is known to be an inhibitor of ADP-ribosyltransferase, inhibits cell division in Bacillus subtilis, leading to filamentation and eventually lysis of cells. Our genetic analysis of 3-MBA-resistant mutants indicated that the primary target of the drug is the cell division system involving FtsZ function during both vegetative growth and sporulation.