No impact of YvcK phosphorylation on growth under gluconeogenic conditions.
A, growth curves on CE-gluconate medium. Strains SG116 (yvcK-gfp), SG63 (ΔyvcK), SG252 (yvcK T304A-gfp), SG283 (yvcK T304E-gfp), PB705 (ΔprkC), and PB702 (ΔprpC) were grown overnight on LB medium. After centrifugation, cells were grown on CE-gluconate liquid medium supplemented with 0.25% xylose at 37 °C. B, cell shape observation by differential interference contrast microscopy. Cells were observed during growth on CE-gluconate liquid medium, and the images presented were recorded 5 h after inoculation, as indicated by the asterisk in the corresponding growth curves. Green diamonds, SG116; pink diamonds, SG63; cyan squares, SG252; orange triangles, SG283; yellow circles, PB705; blue circles, PB702. C, cellular localization of YvcK-GFP, YvcK T304A-GFP, and YvcK T304E-GFP. Localization was carried out in strains SG116 (YvcK-GFP), SG252 (YvcK T304A-GFP), and SG283 (YvcK T304E-GFP). YvcK-GFP localization was illustrated by the brightest image from the deconvoluted stack.