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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 278, Issue 7, 4524-4530, February 14, 2003

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Mutation or Overexpression of a Terminal Oxidase Leads to a Cell Division Defect and Multiple Antibiotic Sensitivity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa^*

Gholam Reza Tavankar, Dimitris Mossialos, and Huw D. Williams

From the Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Mutation of the cyanide-insensitive terminal oxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to pleiotropic effects. A cio mutant and strains, including the wild-type, carrying the cioAB genes on a multicopy plasmid were temperature-sensitive and had a cell division defect, leading to the formation of non-septate, multinucleated filaments. Such strains of this intrinsically antibiotic-resistant bacterium were more sensitive to a range of antibiotics including chloramphenicol, -lactams, quinolones, aminoglycosides, and macrolides. The effect of cio mutation on p-dependent accumulation of chloramphenicol suggested that antibiotic sensitivity resulted from loss of or damage to a multidrug efflux pump. The ability of reducing agents and catalase to suppress the temperature-sensitive phenotype and of catalase to partially suppress antibiotic sensitivity suggested that increased levels of reactive oxygen species might be the cause of the observed phenotypes. Consistent with this was the increased sensitivity of strains to H₂O₂ and their increased protein carbonyl content, an indicator of oxidative protein modification. The temperature-dependent synthesis of a specific catalase was absent in the cio mutant and in strains carrying multiple plasmid-borne copies of cioAB. We propose that reduced catalase levels result in oxidative modification and consequent loss of function of proteins involved in a range of cellular functions. How mutation or overexpression of the cyanide-insensitive terminal oxidase leads to a loss of catalase activity is unknown at present.

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