A novel lipolytic enzyme, YcsK (LipC), located in the spore coat of Bacillus subtilis, is involved in spore germination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2369-2375

  Masayama, Atsushi ^a   Kuwana, Ritsuko ^b   Takamatsu, Hiromu ^b   Hemmi, Hisashi ^a   Yoshimura, Tohru ^a   Watabe, Kazuhito ^b   Moriyama, Ryuichi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROFORM; FRUCTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN COTE; PROTEIN GERE; PROTEIN LIPC; PROTEIN SAFA; PROTEIN SIGK; PROTEIN SPOVID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIPC GENE; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; R FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPORE GERMINATION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIPASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947161385     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01527-06     Document Type: Article

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