Synthesis of Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid During Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis
AUTOR(ES)
Bonamy, C.
RESUMO
The incorporation of radioactive uracil into 50s and 30s ribosomal subunits and ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) was studied during the growth cycle of different sporogenic and asporogenic strains of Bacillus subtilis. It was found that partially synchronized cultures of the strains examined incorporated labeled uracil into the two ribosomal subunit species and rRNA during sporulation and during the stationary phase of the asporogenic strains. Kinetic studies have shown that, compared to vegetative cells, the percentage of uracil incorporated into the ribosomal subunits of cells taken 30 min after the end of exponential growth was decreased by about 25 to 35%. This decrease, however, appeared to be a general characteristic of stationary-phase cells and seems to depend on the nature of the sporulation medium and to some extent on the nature of the strain but not on the sp+ or sp− phenotype of the strain. Moreover, by use of actinomycin D it was shown that the labeled uracil incorporated, in the presence of the drug, during the sporulation period was located in the ribosomal subunits (stable RNA). Based on these results, we concluded that during sporulation ribosomal genes are transcribed and consequently rRNA continues to be synthesized, although to a lesser extent than during vegetative growth. These results are discussed in the light of those obtained by Hussey et al.
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