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. 1973 Oct;116(1):210-4.
doi: 10.1128/jb.116.1.210-214.1973.

Turnover of phosphatidylglycerol in Escherichia coli

J P Ballesta, C L De Garcia, M Schaechter

Turnover of phosphatidylglycerol in Escherichia coli

J P Ballesta et al. J Bacteriol. 1973 Oct.

Abstract

In growing cultures of Escherichia coli, the nonacylated glycerol of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is labeled more rapidly than is the acylated glycerol. This is, in part, due to a rapid exchange reaction of the nonacylated glycerol. Only some of the PG molecules undergo this reaction while others are stable. Using a mutant unable to make glycerophosphate, we have shown that the nonacylated glycerol of PG can exchange with non-phosphorylated glycerol.

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