Exogenous Isoleucine and Fatty Acid Shortening Ensure the High Content of Anteiso-C[subscript 15:0] Fatty Acid Required for Low-Temperature Growth of Listeria monocytogenes
2005
Zhu, Kun | Ding, Xiang | Julotok, Mudcharee | Wilkinson, Brian J.
Previous studies have demonstrated that the branched-chain fatty acid anteiso-C[subscript 15:0] plays a critical role in the growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures by ensuring sufficient membrane fluidity. Studies utilizing a chemically defined minimal medium revealed that the anteiso fatty acid precursor isoleucine largely determined the fatty acid profile and fatty acid response of the organism to lowered growth temperature. When isoleucine was sufficient, the fatty acid profile was very uniform, with anteiso fatty acids comprising up to 95% of total fatty acid, and the major fatty acid adjustment to low temperature was fatty acid chain shortening, which resulted in an increase of anteiso-C[subscript 15:0] solely at the expense of anteiso-C[subscript 17:0]. When isoleucine was not supplied, the fatty acid profile became more complex and was readily modified by leucine, which resulted in a significant increase of corresponding iso fatty acids and an inability to grow at 10°C. Under this condition, the increase of anteiso-C[subscript 15:0] at low temperature resulted from the combined effect of increasing the anteiso:iso ratio and chain shortening. A branched-chain [alpha]-keto acid dehydrogenase-defective strain largely lost the ability to increase the anteiso:iso ratio. Cerulenin, an inhibitor of {szligbeta}-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase (FabF), induced a similar fatty acid chain shortening as low temperature did. We propose that the anteiso precursor preferences of enzymes in the branched-chain fatty acid biosynthesis pathway ensure a high production of anteiso fatty acids, and cold-regulated chain shortening results in a further increase of anteiso-C[subscript 15:0] at the expense of anteiso-C[subscript 17:0].
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