CHARACTERIZATION OF A BACILLUS-SUBTILIS SPORULATION OPERON THAT INCLUDES GENES FOR AN RNA-POLYMERASE SIGMA-FACTOR AND FOR A PUTATIVE DD-CARBOXYPEPTIDASE

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作者
WU, JJ [1 ]
SCHUCH, R [1 ]
PIGGOT, PJ [1 ]
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[1] TEMPLE UNIV,HLTH SCI CTR,SCH MED,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19140
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10.1128/JB.174.15.4885-4892.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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At early stages of sporulation, the spoIIA locus is transcribed as a tricistronic (1.7-kb) operon, coding for sigma(F) and for two proteins that modulate the activity of sigma(F). The locus is transcribed as a longer (2.9-kb) transcript at the late stages of sporulation. We show here that the longer transcript contains an additional open reading frame whose product has extensive sequence homology with DD-carboxypeptidases; the corresponding gene is designated dacF. Cotranscription of a morphogene, such as dacF, with the gene for a sigma-factor suggests a way to couple transcription regulation with morphogenesis. The predicted N-terminal sequence of the DacF protein and the inhibition of sporulation by a translational dacF-lacZ fusion both suggest that the protein has a signal peptide for transport into or across a membrane. Expression of a dacF-lacZ transcriptional fusion was in the forespore. The 5' end of the 2.9-kb transcript was determined by primer extension analysis. The region 5' to the end showed no homology to promoters recognized by known sigma-factors but was homologous to the corresponding region of the forespore-specific 0.3-kb gene of Bacillus subtilis.
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