Spore cortex formation in Bacillus subtilis is regulated by accumulation of peptidoglycan precursors under the control of sigma K
| Autor: | Erin D. Reichert, Pradeep Vasudevan, David L. Popham, Sarah D. Linnstaedt, Amy Weaver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Bacillus subtilis
Peptidoglycan Microbiology Models Biological Mass Spectrometry Uridine Diphosphate chemistry.chemical_compound Western blot Bacterial Proteins Gene expression medicine Picolinic Acids Molecular Biology Gene chemistry.chemical_classification Spores Bacterial biology medicine.diagnostic_test Membrane Transport Proteins Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase biology.organism_classification Cortex (botany) Enzyme chemistry Biochemistry Solubility Muramic Acids Mutation Endospore cortex Transcription Factors |
| Zdroj: | Molecular microbiology. 65(6) |
| ISSN: | 0950-382X |
| Popis: | The bacterial endospore cortex peptidoglycan is synthesized between the double membranes of the developing forespore and is required for attainment of spore dehydration and dormancy. The Bacillus subtilis spoVB, spoVD and spoVE gene products are expressed in the mother cell compartment early during sporulation and play roles in cortex synthesis. Here we show that mutations in these genes block synthesis of cortex peptidoglycan and cause accumulation of peptidoglycan precursors, indicating a defect at the earliest steps of peptidoglycan polymerization. Loss of spoIV gene products involved in activation of later, sigma(K)-dependent mother cell gene expression results in decreased synthesis of cortex peptidoglycan, even in the presence of the SpoV proteins that were synthesized earlier, apparently due to decreased precursor production. Data show that activation of sigma(K) is required for increased synthesis of the soluble peptidoglycan precursors, and Western blot analyses show that increases in the precursor synthesis enzymes MurAA, MurB, MurC and MurF are dependent on sigma(K) activation. Overall, our results indicate that a decrease in peptidoglycan precursor synthesis during early sporulation, followed by renewed precursor synthesis upon sigma(K) activation, serves as a regulatory mechanism for the timing of spore cortex synthesis. |
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