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ArticleProtein & cell2013

Discovery of a novel gene involved in autolysis of Clostridium cells.

Liejian Yang, Guanhui Bao, Yan Zhu, Hongjun Dong, Yanping Zhang, Yin Li

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Article in Protein & cell, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liejian YangKey Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Guanhui Bao
Yan Zhu
Hongjun Dong
Yanping Zhang
Yin Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Microbiology · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell autolysis plays important physiological roles in the life cycle of clostridial cells. Understanding the genetic basis of the autolysis phenomenon of pathogenic Clostridium or solvent producing Clostridium cells might provide new insights into this important species. Genes that might be involved in autolysis of Clostridium acetobutylicum, a model clostridial species, were investigated in this study. Twelve putative autolysin genes were predicted in C. acetobutylicum DSM 1731 genome through bioinformatics analysis. Of these 12 genes, gene SMB_G3117 was selected for testing the in tracellular autolysin activity, growth profile, viable cell numbers, and cellular morphology. We found that overexpression of SMB_G3117 gene led to earlier ceased growth, significantly increased number of dead cells, and clear electrolucent cavities, while disruption of SMB_G3117 gene exhibited remarkably reduced intracellular autolysin activity. These results indicate that SMB_G3117 is a novel gene involved in cellular autolysis of C. acetobutylicum.

Indexed as

Genes, BacterialAutolysisClostridium acetobutylicumComputational BiologyN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine AmidaseTemperatureN-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

Identifiers

PMID23702687
PMCPMC4875555
OpenAlexW2098525487

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