PREVENTION OF DNA DAMAGE IN SPORES AND INVITRO BY SMALL, ACID-SOLUBLE PROTEINS FROM BACILLUS SPECIES
PREVENTION OF DNA DAMAGE IN SPORES AND INVITRO BY SMALL, ACID-SOLUBLE PROTEINS FROM BACILLUS SPECIES
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.175.5.1367-1374.1993
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发表时间:
1993-03-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
SETLOW, P
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作者:
FAIRHEAD, H;SETLOW, B;SETLOW, P
The DNA in dormant spores of Bacillus species is saturated with a group of nonspecific DNA-binding proteins, termed alpha/beta-type small, acid-soluble spore proteins (SASP). These proteins alter DNA structure in vivo and in vitro, providing spore resistance to UV light. In addition, heat treatments (e.g., 85-degrees-C for 30 min) which give little killing of wild-type spores of B. subtilis kill >99% of spores which lack most alpha/beta-type SASP (termed alpha- beta- spores). Similar large differences in survival of wild-type and alpha- beta- spores were found at 90, 80, 65, 22, and 10-degrees-C. After heat treatment (85-degrees-C for 30 min) or prolonged storage (22-degrees-C for 6 months) that gave >99% killing of alpha- beta- spores, 10 to 20% of the survivors contained auxotrophic or asporogenous mutations. However, alpha- beta- spores heated for 30 min at 85-degrees-C released no more dipicolinic acid than similarly heated wild-type spores (