Possible role for the essential GTP-binding protein Obg in regulating the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
AUTOR(ES)
Vidwans, S J
RESUMO
We fused obg, encoding an essential GTP-binding protein in Bacillus subtilis, to the LacI-repressible, IPTG (isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside)-inducible promoter Pspac. Depletion of Obg, following removal of IPTG, caused a defect in sporulation and in expression of sporulation genes that are activated by Spo0A approximately P. These defects were significantly relieved by a mutation in spo0A (rvtA11) that bypasses the normal phosphorylation pathway, indicating that Obg might normally be required, either directly or indirectly, to stimulate activity of the phosphorelay that activates Spo0A.
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