Genetics and Cell Morphology Analyses of the Actinomyces oris srtA Mutant.

Methods Mol Biol

Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin Street, R224/MSE, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

Published: January 2018

Sortase is a cysteine-transpeptidase that anchors LPXTG-containing proteins on the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall. Previously, sortase was considered to be an important factor for bacterial pathogenesis and fitness, but not cell growth. However, the Actinomyces oris sortase is essential for cell viability, due to its coupling to a glycosylation pathway. In this chapter, we describe the methods to generate conditional srtA deletion mutants and identify srtA suppressors by Tn5 transposon mutagenesis. We also provide procedures for analyzing cell morphology of this mutant by thin-section electron microscopy. These techniques can be applied for analyses of other essential genes in A. oris.

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