Characterization of dacC, Which Encodes a New Low-Molecular-Weight Penicillin-Binding Protein in Bacillus subtilis
AUTOR(ES)
Pedersen, Lotte B.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The pbp gene (renamed dacC), identified by the Bacillus subtilis genome sequencing project, encodes a putative 491-residue protein with sequence homology to low-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins. Use of a transcriptional dacC-lacZ fusion revealed that dacC expression (i) is initiated at the end of stationary phase; (ii) depends strongly on transcription factor ςH; and (iii) appears to be initiated from a promoter located immediately upstream of yoxA, a gene of unknown function located upstream of dacC on the B. subtilis chromosome. A B. subtilis dacC insertional mutant grew and sporulated identically to wild-type cells, and dacC and wild-type spores had the same heat resistance, cortex structure, and germination and outgrowth kinetics. Expression of dacC in Escherichia coli showed that this gene encodes an ∼59-kDa membrane-associated penicillin-binding protein which is highly toxic when overexpressed.
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