Spatial and temporal control of lysis by the lambda holin
Cahill, J.; Holt, A.; Theodore, M.; Moreland, R.; O Leary, C.; Martin, C.; Bettridge, K.; Xiao, J.; Young, R.
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The infection cycle of phage {lambda} terminates in lysis mediated by three types of lysis proteins, each disrupting a layer in the bacterial envelope: the S105 holin, the R endolysin, and the Rz/Rz1 spanin complex targeting the inner membrane (IM), cell wall or peptidoglycan (PG), and the outer membrane (OM), respectively. Video microscopy has shown that in most infections lysis occurs as a sudden, explosive event at a cell pole, such that the initial product is a less refractile ghost that retains rod-shaped morphology. Here, we investigate the molecular basis of polar lysis using time lapse fluorescence microscopy. The results indicate that the holin determines the morphology of lysis by suddenly forming two-dimensional rafts at the poles about 100 seconds prior to lysis. Given the physiological and biochemical similarities between the lambda holin and other class I holins, dynamic redistribution and sudden concentration may be common features of holins, probably reflecting the fitness advantage of all-or-nothing lysis regulation.
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