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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2011 Sep 22;111(10):6064–6119. doi: 10.1021/cr200296t

Table 3.

BACTERIAL & VIRAL PLDs

SPECIES ENZYME ACTIVITY FUNCTION LOCALIZATION
Orthopox virus p37 PLC, PLA, PLA2 IMV wrapping TGN & inner membrane wrapping of EEV
(Vaccinia, variola) TAG lipase IEV fusion & release
transphosphatidylation
Orthopox virus K4 endonuclease single strand (ss)/double strand (ds) DNA torsion release within IMV
(Vaccinia, variola) Nick-joining enzyme
Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli Nuc nonspecific endonuclease ssRNA periplasm
breakage during DNA conjugation
Escherichia coli Bfil site-specific endonuclease Degrades dsDNA during DNA conjugation periplasm
Neisseria gonorrhoeae NgPLD PC hydrolysis combination of lipase & protein-protein interaction elicits bacterial invasion host cell cytoplasm
transphosphatidylation binds AKT to trigger membrane ruffling extracellular milieu
Yersinia pestis YMT PLD (PC/PE lipase) in vivo facilitates Y. pestis colonization of flea gut bacterial cytosol
(formerly Pasteurella pestis) transphosphatidylation protects against murine plasma component
Chlamydiae chromosomal pz PLDs PLD unknown reticulate bodies
unknown lipase activity lipid acquisition from LD
transphosphatidylation
Acinetobacter baumanii Act bau PLD unknown unknown function secreted
enhances serum survival/host cell invasion
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PLDa gene PLD (PC → PA) increases long term infectivity/bacterial homeostasis periplasm
transphosphatidylation
Streptomyces sp PMF PLD PLD unknown periplasm
transphosphatidylation secreted