Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content
ABSTRACT Despite their fundamental role in defining cells, lipids and the contributions of specific lipid classes in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis have not been highlighted well. Enterococcus faecalis, a commensal bacterial and major hospital-acquired bacterium, synthesizes only a few known...
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| description | ABSTRACT Despite their fundamental role in defining cells, lipids and the contributions of specific lipid classes in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis have not been highlighted well. Enterococcus faecalis, a commensal bacterial and major hospital-acquired bacterium, synthesizes only a few known phospholipids. One of these variants, lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol, is critical for surviving cationic antimicrobial peptides, but its consequence on overall membrane composition and cellular properties has not been thoroughly examined. A recent study by Rashid et al. examines how loss of this lipid class results in an overall shift in total lipid composition and the consequential impacts on the global transcriptome, cellular growth, and secretion. They demonstrate the plasticity of the enterococcal lipidome to reprogram itself to allow for optimal function. With the significant improvements in multiple technological areas, this study, and others like it, provide a template for deciphering the critical function of lipids in all aspects of bacterial physiology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-adf1ff002cfa418b87701bc84b95fac52023-04-25T13:04:56ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymBio2150-75112023-04-0114210.1128/mbio.03527-22Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid ContentElizabeth M. Fozo0Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennesse, USAABSTRACT Despite their fundamental role in defining cells, lipids and the contributions of specific lipid classes in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis have not been highlighted well. Enterococcus faecalis, a commensal bacterial and major hospital-acquired bacterium, synthesizes only a few known phospholipids. One of these variants, lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol, is critical for surviving cationic antimicrobial peptides, but its consequence on overall membrane composition and cellular properties has not been thoroughly examined. A recent study by Rashid et al. examines how loss of this lipid class results in an overall shift in total lipid composition and the consequential impacts on the global transcriptome, cellular growth, and secretion. They demonstrate the plasticity of the enterococcal lipidome to reprogram itself to allow for optimal function. With the significant improvements in multiple technological areas, this study, and others like it, provide a template for deciphering the critical function of lipids in all aspects of bacterial physiology.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03527-22Enterococcus faecalislipidomicslysyl-phosphatidylglycerolglucosyl-lipids |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth M. Fozo Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content mBio Enterococcus faecalis lipidomics lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol glucosyl-lipids |
| title | Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content |
| title_full | Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content |
| title_fullStr | Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content |
| title_full_unstemmed | Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content |
| title_short | Too Much or Not Enough: The Role of mprF in Regulating Overall Phospholipid Content |
| title_sort | too much or not enough the role of mprf in regulating overall phospholipid content |
| topic | Enterococcus faecalis lipidomics lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol glucosyl-lipids |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03527-22 |
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