Ordered Synthesis of Proteins During Outgrowth of Spores of Bacillus cereus

AUTOR(ES)

Torriani, Annamarie

RESUMO

The onset of macromolecular synthesis in activated spores of Bacillus cereus occurs under conditions in which the amino acids and nucleotides to be used for building proteins and nucleic acids must be derived only from stored pools and turnover of macromolecules of the spore. Upon addition of the factors required to initiate germination, 14C-uracil is incorporated with a lag of 30 to 60 sec; 14C-amino acids, with a lag of 3 to 4 min. The progression of protein synthesis during germination has been studied, and the results suggest three phases of development of the protein synthetic pattern of these germinating spores. The initial synthesis which occurs during the early part of germination is limited to only a few proteins. When the initiated spores are put in a medium containing a complete set of growth requirements and outgrowth ensues, the cells synthesize a large number of different proteins so that the distribution of radioactivity into different fractions appears to be a continuous function. At a later time during outgrowth, the distribution of synthetic rates among the different proteins becomes more representative of that found during vegetative growth.

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