Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Bacterial cell walls are composed of the large cross-linked macromolecule peptidoglycan, which maintains cell shape and is responsible for resisting osmotic stresses. This is a highly conserved structure and the target of numerous antibiotics. Obligate intracellular bacteria are an unusual group of...
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| author | Atwal, S Giengkam, S Chaemchuen, S Dorling, J Kosaisawe, N Van Nieuwenhze, M Sampattavanich, S Schumann, P Salje, J |
| author_facet | Atwal, S Giengkam, S Chaemchuen, S Dorling, J Kosaisawe, N Van Nieuwenhze, M Sampattavanich, S Schumann, P Salje, J |
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| description | Bacterial cell walls are composed of the large cross-linked macromolecule peptidoglycan, which maintains cell shape and is responsible for resisting osmotic stresses. This is a highly conserved structure and the target of numerous antibiotics. Obligate intracellular bacteria are an unusual group of organisms that have evolved to replicate exclusively within the cytoplasm or vacuole of a eukaryotic cell. They tend to have reduced amounts of peptidoglycan, likely due to the fact that their growth and division takes place within an osmotically protected environment, and also due to a drive to reduce activation of the host immune response. Of the two major groups of obligate intracellular bacteria, the cell wall has been much more extensively studied in the Chlamydiales than the Rickettsiales. Here, we present the first detailed analysis of the cell envelope of an important but neglected member of the Rickettsiales, Orientia tsutsugamushi. This bacterium was previously reported to completely lack peptidoglycan, but here we present evidence supporting the existence of a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia, as well as an outer membrane containing a network of cross-linked proteins, which together confer cell envelope stability. We find striking similarities to the unrelated Chlamydiales, suggesting convergent adaptation to an obligate intracellular lifestyle. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:df28e3c0-5ae4-4081-81f9-247615547e032022-03-27T09:37:30ZEvidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:df28e3c0-5ae4-4081-81f9-247615547e03EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2017Atwal, SGiengkam, SChaemchuen, SDorling, JKosaisawe, NVan Nieuwenhze, MSampattavanich, SSchumann, PSalje, JBacterial cell walls are composed of the large cross-linked macromolecule peptidoglycan, which maintains cell shape and is responsible for resisting osmotic stresses. This is a highly conserved structure and the target of numerous antibiotics. Obligate intracellular bacteria are an unusual group of organisms that have evolved to replicate exclusively within the cytoplasm or vacuole of a eukaryotic cell. They tend to have reduced amounts of peptidoglycan, likely due to the fact that their growth and division takes place within an osmotically protected environment, and also due to a drive to reduce activation of the host immune response. Of the two major groups of obligate intracellular bacteria, the cell wall has been much more extensively studied in the Chlamydiales than the Rickettsiales. Here, we present the first detailed analysis of the cell envelope of an important but neglected member of the Rickettsiales, Orientia tsutsugamushi. This bacterium was previously reported to completely lack peptidoglycan, but here we present evidence supporting the existence of a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia, as well as an outer membrane containing a network of cross-linked proteins, which together confer cell envelope stability. We find striking similarities to the unrelated Chlamydiales, suggesting convergent adaptation to an obligate intracellular lifestyle. |
| spellingShingle | Atwal, S Giengkam, S Chaemchuen, S Dorling, J Kosaisawe, N Van Nieuwenhze, M Sampattavanich, S Schumann, P Salje, J Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| title | Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| title_full | Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| title_fullStr | Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| title_short | Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure in Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| title_sort | evidence for a peptidoglycan like structure in orientia tsutsugamushi |
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