ArticleJournal of bacteriology2005
Inactivation of swmA results in the loss of an outer cell layer in a swimming synechococcus strain.
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- Structure of compositionally simple lipopolysaccharide from marine synechococcus.Journal of bacteriology · 2009Article
- Ecological genomics of marine picocyanobacteria.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2009Review
- Swimming motility mutants of marine Synechococcus affected in production and localization of the S-layer protein SwmA.Journal of bacteriology · 2009Article
- Nanoscale visualization of a fibrillar array in the cell wall of filamentous cyanobacteria and its implications for gliding motility.Journal of bacteriology · 2007Article
- SwmB, a 1.12-megadalton protein that is required for nonflagellar swimming motility in Synechococcus.Journal of bacteriology · 2007Article
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Abstract
The mechanism of nonflagellar swimming of marine unicellular cyanobacteria remains poorly understood. SwmA is an abundant cell surface-associated 130-kDa glycoprotein that is required for the generation of thrust in Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102. Ultrastructural comparisons of wild-type cells to a mutant strain in which the gene encoding SwmA has been insertionally inactivated reveal that the mutant lacks a layer external to the outer membrane. Cryofixation and freeze-substitution are required for the preservation of this external layer. Freeze fracturing and etching reveal that this additional layer is an S-layer. How the S-layer might function in motility remains elusive; however, this work describes an ultrastructural component required for this unique type of swimming. In addition, the work presented here describes the envelope structure of a model swimming cyanobacterium.
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