PAO1 has two aerobic pathways for synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs), DesA and DesB plus the oxygen independent FabAB pathway. The DesA desaturase acts on saturated acyl chains of membrane phospholipid bilayers whereas the substrates of the DesB desaturase are thought to be long chain saturated acyl-CoA thioesters derived from exogeneous saturated fatty acids that are required to support DesB-dependent growth. Under suitable aerobic conditions either of these membrane-bound desaturates can support growth of strains lacking the oxygen independent FabAB pathway. We previously studied function of the desaturase of in a strain that required supplementation with a UFA for growth and noted bypass suppression of the strain that restored UFA synthesis. We report three genes encoding lipid metabolism proteins that give rise to suppressor strains that bypass loss of the DesA and oxygen independent FabAB pathways.
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