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. 1978 May;20(2):418–420. doi: 10.1128/iai.20.2.418-420.1978

Cell envelope of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: phospholipase activity and its relationship to autolysis.

A F Cacciapuoti, W S Wegener, S A Morse
PMCID: PMC421872  PMID: 27458

Abstract

The relationship between conditions which permit or inhibit cell lysis and those which promote phospholipid hydrolysis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae was investigated. Suspension of exponential-phase gonococci in buffer in the absence of divalent cations resulted in autolysis but not in phosphlipid hydrolysis. The addition of Ca2+ or Mg2+ to the buffer inhibited autolysis and markedly stimulated the hydrolysis of phosphatidylethanolamine. Incubation of cells in buffer at pH 6 inhibited both autolysis and phospholipid hydrolysis.

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