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The phosphatidylcholine synthase of Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 is responsible for the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine, which acts as a temporary reservoir for Al3+.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2012
Boeris Paola S, Lucchesi Gloria I
Abstract excerpt
In Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 cells grown with tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide and exposed to Al(3)Cl, phosphatidylcholine (PC) levels increased, which alleviated stress caused by the Al(3+). Here we cloned and sequenced a gene from this strain that encodes a phosphatidylcholine synthase (PCS) and characterized a pcs-deficient mutant. In the pcs-deficient mutant, PC could not be detected, whereas the...
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