EXTRACELLULAR MANGANESE-STIMULATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE AS A MARKER EVENT IN SPORULATION OF BACILLUS-SUBTILIS
EXTRACELLULAR MANGANESE-STIMULATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE AS A MARKER EVENT IN SPORULATION OF BACILLUS-SUBTILIS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj1720063
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
MANDELSTAM, J
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作者:
AKRIGG, A;MANDELSTAM, J
A considerable amount of Mn2+-stimulated DNase activity is released by B. subtilis 168 during sporulation in a glucose-deficient medium; much smaller amounts are released during starvation for phosphate or N. Protein synthesis is required. Two forms of evidence are presented that production of the DNase is associated with events late in stage II or sporulation. Thymidine starvation, which inhibits the biochemical events associated with sporulation, also inhibits release of the DNase. Several asporogenous mutants blocked at stage II or earlier and unable to produce alkaline phosphatase (a stage-II event) do not produce the enzyme. Mutants blocked towards the end of stage II or later produce both enzymes. During sporulation of the wild-type strain, the DNase appears about 1 h after alkaline phosphatase. The production of the DNase is probably controlled by a still-undiscovered stage-II genetic locus.