Cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and genetic mapping of the gene for small, acid-soluble spore protein gamma of Bacillus subtilis.
AUTOR(ES)
Hackett, R H
RESUMO
The Bacillus subtilis gene (sspE) which codes for small acid-soluble spore protein gamma (SASP-gamma) was cloned, and its chromosomal location (65 degrees, linked to glpD) and nucleotide sequence were determined. The amino acid sequence of SASP-gamma is similar to that of SASP-B of Bacillus megaterium, but these sequences are not as highly conserved across species as are those of other SASPs. The SASP-gamma gene is transcribed only in sporulation in parallel with other SASP genes and gives a single mRNA that is approximately 340 nucleotides long. The results of hybridization of an sspE gene probe to Southern blots of B. subtilis DNA suggested that there is only a single gene coding for the SASP-gamma type of protein in B. subtilis. This was confirmed by introducing a deletion mutation into the cloned sspE gene and transferring the deletion into the B. subtilis chromosome, with concomitant loss of the wild-type gene. This sspE deletion strain sporulated well, but lacked the SASP-gamma type of protein.
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