Interaction between individual protein components of the GerA and GerB nutrient receptors that trigger germination of Bacillus subtilis spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2513-2518

  Igarashi, Takao ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GERA NUTRIENT RECEPTOR; GERB NUTRIENT RECEPTOR; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN B; PROTEIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPORE GERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIGLYCERIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 15244356031     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2513-2518.2005     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Cabrera-Martinez, R.-M., F. Tovar-Rojo, V. R. Vepachedu, and P. Setlow. 2003. Effects of overexpression of nutrient receptors on germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 185:2457-2464.
2. Corfe, B. M., A. Moir, D. Popham, and P. Setlow. 1994. Analysis of the expression and regulation of the gerB spore germination operon of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 140:3079-3083.
3. Cowan, A. E., E. M. Olivastro, D. E. Koppel, C. A. Loshon, B. Setlow, and P. Setlow. 2004. Lipids in the inner membrane of dormant spores of Bacillus species are immobile. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:3733-3738.
4. Cutting, S. M., and P. B. VanderHorn. 1990. Genetic analysis, p. 27-74. In C. R. Harwood and S. M. Cutting (ed.), Molecular biological methods for Bacillus. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England.
5. Feavers, I. M., J. Foulkes, B. Setlow, D. Sun, W. Nicholson, P. Setlow, and A. Moir. 1990. The regulation of transcription of the gerA spore germination operon of Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 4:275-282.
6. Guerot-Fleury, A.-M., K. Shazand, N. Frandsen, and P. Stragier. 1985. Antibiotic-resistance cassettes for Bacillus subtilis. Gene 167:335-336.
7. Hudson, K., B. M. Corfe, E. H. Kemp, I. M. Feavers, P. J. Coote, and A. Moir. 2001. Localization of GerAA and GerAC germination proteins in the Bacillus subtilis spore. J. Bacteriol. 183:4317-4322.
8. Igarashi, T., B. Setlow, M. Paidhungat, and P. Setlow. 2004. Analysis of the effects of a gerF (lgt) mutation on the germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 186:2984-2991.
9. Kempf, B., J. Gade, and E. Bremer. 1997. Lipoprotein from the osmoregulated ABC transport system OpuA of Bacillus subtilis: purification of the glycine betaine binding protein and characterization of a functional lipidless mutant. J. Bacteriol. 179:6213-6220.
10. Leskela, S., E. Wahlstrom, V. P. Kontinen, and M. Sarvas. 1999. Lipid modification of prelipoproteins is dispensable for growth but essential for efficient protein secretion in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of the lgt gene. Mol. Microbiol. 31:1075-1085.
11. Levit, M. N., T. W. Grebe, and J. B. Stock. 2002. Organization of the receptor-kinase signaling array that regulates Escherichia coli chemotaxis. J. Biol. Chem. 277:36748-36754.
12. Mason, J. M., R. H. Hackett, and P. Setlow. 1988. Studies on the regulation of expression of genes coding for small, acid-soluble proteins of Bacillus subtilis spores using lacZ gene fusions. J. Bacteriol. 170:239-244.
13. Moir, A., B. M. Corfe, and J. Behravan. 2002. Spore germination. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 59:403-409.
14. Moir, A., and D. A. Smith. 1990. The genetics of bacterial spore germination. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 44:531-553.
15. Moir, A., E. H. Kemp, C. Robinson, and B. M. Corfe. 1994. The genetic analysis of bacterial spore germination. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 77:9S-14S.
16. Nicholson, W. L., and P. Setlow. 1990. Sporulation, germination and outgrowth, p. 391-450. In C. R. Harwood and S. M. Cutting (ed.), Molecular biological methods for Bacillus. John Wiley & Sons. Ltd., Chichester, England.
17. Paidhungat, M., B. Setlow, A. Driks, and P. Setlow. 2000. Characterization of spores of Bacillus subtilis which lack dipicolinic acid. J. Bacteriol. 182:5505-5512.
18. Paidhungat, M., and P. Setlow. 1999. Isolation and characterization of mutations in Bacillus subtilis that allow spore germination in the novel germinant D-alanine. J. Bacteriol. 181:3341-3350.
19. Paidhungat, M., and P. Setlow. 2000. Role of Ger proteins in nutrient and non-nutrient triggering of spore germination in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 182:2513-2519.
20. Paidhungat, M., and P. Setlow. 2001. Localization of a germinant receptor protein (GerBA) to the inner membrane of Bacillus subtilis spores. J. Bacteriol. 183:3982-3990.
21. Paidhungat, M., and P. Setlow. 2002. Spore germination and outgrowth, p. 537-548. In A. L. Sonenshein, J. A. Hoch, and R. Losick (ed.), Bacillus subtilis and its closest relatives: from genes to cells. ASM Press, Washington, D.C.
22. Powell, J. F., and R. E. Strange. 1953. Biochemical changes occurring during germination of bacterial spores. Biochem. J. 54:205-209.
23. Robinson, C., C. Rivolta, D. Karamata, and A. Moir. 1998. The product of the yvoC (gerF) gene of Bacillus subtilis is required for spore germination. Microbiology 144:3105-3109.
24. Setlow, B., A. E. Cowan, and P. Setlow. 2003. Germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis with dodecylamine. J. Appl. Microbiol. 95:637-648.
25. Setlow, B., K. A. McGinnis, K. Ragkousi, and P. Setlow. 2000. Effects of major spore-specific DNA binding proteins on Bacillus subtilis sporulation and spore properties. J. Bacteriol. 182:6906-6912.
26. Setlow, P. 2003. Spore germination. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 6:550-556.
27. Shimizu, T. S., N. LeNouvere, M. D. Levin, A. J. Beall, B. J. Sutton, and D. Bray. 2000. Molecular model of a lattice of signaling proteins involved in bacterial chemotaxis. Nature Cell Biol. 2:792-796.
28. Studdert, C. A., and J. S. Parkinson. 2004. Crosslinking snapshots of bacterial chemoreceptor squads. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:2117-2122.
29. F-dependent promoters. J. Bacteriol. 173:7867-7874.
30. Tjalsma, H., V. P. Kontinen, Z. Pragai, H. Wu, R. Meima, G. Venema, S. Bron, M. Sarvas, and J. M. van Dijl. 1999. The role of lipoprotein processing by signal peptidase II in the gram-positive eubacterium Bacillus subtilis. Signal peptidase II is required for the efficient secretion of α-amylase, a non-lipoprotein. J. Biol. Chem. 274:1698-1707.
31. Wu, L. J., and J. Errington. 1998. Use of asymmetric cell division and spoIIE mutants to probe chromosome orientation and organization in Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 27:777-786.
32. Zuberi, A. R., I. M. Feavers, and A. Moir. 1985. Identification of three complementation groups in the gerA spore germination locus of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 162:756-762.