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Article Dans Une Revue Frontiers in Microbiology Année : 2019

Lipid Phases and Cell Geometry During the Cell Cycle of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Philippe Calvez
Juliette Jouhet
Claire Durmort

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The coexistence of different lipid phases is well-known , but evidence for their presence and function in cellular membranes remains scarce. Using a combination of fluorescent lipid probes, we observe segregation of domains that suggests the coexistence of liquid and gel phases in the membrane of , where they are localized to minimize bending stress in the ellipsoid geometry defined by the cell wall. Gel phase lipids with high bending rigidity would be spontaneously organized at the equator where curvature is minimal, thus marking the future division site, while liquid phase membrane maps onto the oblong hemispheres. In addition, the membrane-bound cell wall precursor with its particular dynamic acyl chain localizes at the division site where the membrane is highly curved. We propose a complete "chicken-and-egg" model where cell geometry determines the localization of lipid phases that positions the cell division machinery, which in turn alters the localization of lamellar phases by assembling the cell wall with a specific geometry.
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Philippe Calvez, Juliette Jouhet, Véronique Vie, Claire Durmort, André Zapun. Lipid Phases and Cell Geometry During the Cell Cycle of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019, 10, pp.351. ⟨10.3389/fmicb.2019.00351⟩. ⟨hal-02086215⟩
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