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. 1968 Jun;95(6):2078–2082. doi: 10.1128/jb.95.6.2078-2082.1968

Methylation of the Cellular Lipid of Methionine-requiring Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Tsuneo Kaneshiro 1
PMCID: PMC315137  PMID: 5669890

Abstract

Mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens requiring methionine for growth on a solid basal medium were induced by the use of N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. In addition to the difference of mutant strains, the extent of methionine dependency differed in a liquid basal medium and in the presence of aspartate or fumarate. When (14C-methyl)-methionine was added to strain WM-11 growing in a prescribed basal medium, incorporation of 14C into the cellular “residue” fraction and polar “N-methylated” lipid fraction depended strictly on cellular growth and on external methionine concentration. However, a net synthesis of the “cyclopropane” fatty acid fraction occurred even during the maximal stationary phase if excess methionine was present.

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