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Spiralins

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Mycoplasma Cell Membranes

Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry ((SCBI,volume 20))

Abstract

Spiroplasmas are unique among the mollicutes in that they are helical and motile, and yet they have no flagella, periplasmic filaments, or other organelles of locomotion. As true mollicutes they lack a cell wall; their cell envelope is reduced to a single cytoplasmic membrane. The molecular bases of spiroplasma helicity and motility are not better understood today than 20 years ago when the spiroplasmas were first discovered. What are the proteins responsible for these properties? Two proteins have drawn attention in this respect: spiralin, because it is the most abundant protein in the spiroplasma membrane, and the fibril protein, because it can associate into long fibrils. Both proteins have been extensively studied, their genes have been sequenced and mapped on the spiroplasma genome (Chevalier et al., 1990a,b; Williamson et al., 1991). Yet their role in spiroplasmas is still not understood. This chapter is essentially devoted to recent studies of spiralin and updates a recent review (Bové et al., 1989).

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    J. M. Bové, X. Foissac & Colette Saillard

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Bové, J.M., Foissac, X., Saillard, C. (1993). Spiralins. In: Rottem, S., Kahane, I. (eds) Mycoplasma Cell Membranes. Subcellular Biochemistry, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2924-8_7

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