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To identify the physiological factors that limit the growth of Escherichia coli K-12 strains synthesizing minimal lipopolysaccharide (LPS), we describe the first construction of strains devoid of the entire waa locus and concomitantly lacking all three acyltransferases (LpxL/LpxM/LpxP), synthesizing minimal lipid IV A derivatives with a restricted ability to grow at around 21 °C. Suppressors restoring growth up to 37 °C of Δ( gmhD-waaA ) identified two independent single-amino-acid substitutions-P50S and R310S-in the LPS flippase MsbA. Interestingly, the cardiolipin synthase-encoding gene clsA was found to be essential for the growth of Δ lpxLMP , Δ lpxL , Δ waaA , and Δ( gmhD-waaA ) bacteria, with a conditional lethal phenotype of Δ( clsA lpxM ), which could be overcome by suppressor mutations in MsbA. Suppressor mutations basS A20D or basR G53V, causing a constitutive incorporation of phosphoethanolamine ( P-EtN ) in the lipid A, could abolish the Ca ++ sensitivity of Δ( waaC eptB ), thereby compensating for P-EtN absence on the second Kdo. A single-amino-acid OppA S273G substitution is shown to overcome the synthetic lethality of Δ( waaC surA ) bacteria, consistent with the chaperone-like function of the OppA oligopeptide-binding protein. Furthermore, overexpression of GcvB sRNA was found to repress the accumulation of LpxC and suppress the lethality of LapAB absence. Thus, this study identifies new and limiting factors in regulating LPS biosynthesis.

international journal of molecular sciences

Molecular Basis of Essentiality of Early Critical Steps in the Lipopolysaccharide Biogenesis in Escherichia coli K-12: Requirement of MsbA, Cardiolipin, LpxL, LpxM and GcvB