scholarly journals The Influence of Sporulation Conditions on the Spore Coat Protein Composition of Bacillus subtilis Spores

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wishwas R. Abhyankar ◽  
Kiki Kamphorst ◽  
Bhagyashree N. Swarge ◽  
Henk van Veen ◽  
Nicole N. van der Wel ◽  
...  
2006 ◽  
Vol 188 (21) ◽  
pp. 7609-7616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Monroe ◽  
Peter Setlow

ABSTRACT The Bacillus subtilis spore coat protein GerQ is necessary for the proper localization of CwlJ, an enzyme important in the hydrolysis of the peptidoglycan cortex during spore germination. GerQ is cross-linked into high-molecular-mass complexes in the spore coat late in sporulation, and this cross-linking is largely due to a transglutaminase. This enzyme forms an ε-(γ-glutamyl) lysine isopeptide bond between a lysine donor from one protein and a glutamine acceptor from another protein. In the current work, we have identified the residues in GerQ that are essential for transglutaminase-mediated cross-linking. We show that GerQ is a lysine donor and that any one of three lysine residues near the amino terminus of the protein (K2, K4, or K5) is necessary to form cross-links with binding partners in the spore coat. This leads to the conclusion that all Tgl-dependent GerQ cross-linking takes place via these three lysine residues. However, while the presence of any of these three lysine residues is essential for GerQ cross-linking, they are not essential for the function of GerQ in CwlJ localization.


2007 ◽  
Vol 142 (6) ◽  
pp. 681-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kuwana ◽  
H. Takamatsu ◽  
K. Watabe

2021 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 111425
Author(s):  
Michal Bodík ◽  
Daniela Krajčíková ◽  
Jakub Hagara ◽  
Eva Majkova ◽  
Imrich Barák ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 183 (18) ◽  
pp. 5426-5430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Françoise Hullo ◽  
Ivan Moszer ◽  
Antoine Danchin ◽  
Isabelle Martin-Verstraete

ABSTRACT The spore coat protein CotA of Bacillus subtilisdisplays similarities with multicopper oxidases, including manganese oxidases and laccases. B. subtilis is able to oxidize manganese, but neither CotA nor other sporulation proteins are involved. We demonstrate that CotA is a laccase. Syringaldazine, a specific substrate of laccases, reacted with wild-type spores but not with ΔcotA spores. CotA may participate in the biosynthesis of the brown spore pigment, which appears to be a melanin-like product and to protect against UV light.


2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 972-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-ichi Sakasegawa ◽  
Hidehiko Ishikawa ◽  
Shigeyuki Imamura ◽  
Haruhiko Sakuraba ◽  
Shuichiro Goda ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The spore coat protein CotA from Bacillus subtilis was previously identified as a laccase. We have now found that CotA also shows strong bilirubin oxidase activity and markedly higher affinity for bilirubin than conventional bilirubin oxidase. This is the first characterization of bilirubin oxidase activity in a bacterial protein.


1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Takahiko MITANI ◽  
Eiichi NOZAWA ◽  
Kinichi SUGAE ◽  
Kozo ASANO ◽  
Hajime KASOTA

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