Extragenic suppression of the requirement for diaminopimelate in diaminopimelate auxotrophs of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Sandra A. Consaul, William R. Jacobs, Martin S. Pavelka

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Abstract

Mycobacteria, like many prokaryotes, have a peptidoglycan with peptides composed of L-alanine (or glycine), D-iso-glutamine, meso-diaminopimelate, and D-alanine. We sought to study mycobacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis by constructing diaminopimelate (DAP) auxotrophs of Mycobacterium smegmatis and then isolating spontaneous mutants of these auxotrophs that can grow in the absence of DAP. Here we report the isolation and characterization of seven classes of spontaneous M. smegmatis mutants with extragenic mutations that can suppress the DAP requirement of DAP auxotrophs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)131-135
Number of pages5
JournalFEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume225
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 8 2003

Keywords

  • Diaminopimelate
  • Mycobacteria
  • Peptidoglycan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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