Heat and osmotic stress enhance the development of cytoplasmic serine proteinase activity in sporulating Bacillus megaterium

Autor: L, Váchová, H, Kucerová, J, Benesová, J, Chaloupka
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Biochemistry and molecular biology international. 32(6)
ISSN: 1039-9712
Popis: The intracellular Ca(2+)-dependent serine proteinase (ISP1) activity in the cytoplasm of nongrowing Bacillus megaterium incubated in a sporulation medium was determined at 35 degrees C and at temperatures decreasing the sporulation frequency (42 degrees C) or suppressing sporulation (43.5 degrees C). The enzyme in the crude cytoplasmic fraction was partially inhibited by a loosely bound inhibitor(s) because the ISP1 activity rose after protein fractionation by HPLC. Temperature shift-up or osmotic stress applied at 35 degrees C increased the development of the ISP1 activity several times. The increase was caused at least partially by the synthesis of the enzyme protein, as proved by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting of the cytoplasm. This enzyme thus probably belongs among heat-shock proteins.
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