RRC ID 33574
著者 Tagami K, Nanamiya H, Kazo Y, Maehashi M, Suzuki S, Namba E, Hoshiya M, Hanai R, Tozawa Y, Morimoto T, Ogasawara N, Kageyama Y, Ara K, Ozaki K, Yoshida M, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T, Ohashi Y, Kawamura F.
タイトル Expression of a small (p)ppGpp synthetase, YwaC, in the (p)ppGpp(0) mutant of Bacillus subtilis triggers YvyD-dependent dimerization of ribosome.
ジャーナル Microbiologyopen
Abstract To elucidate the biological functions of small (p)ppGpp synthetases YjbM and YwaC of Bacillus subtilis, we constructed RIK1059 and RIK1066 strains carrying isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) inducible yjbM and ywaC genes, respectively, in the ΔrelA ΔyjbM ΔywaC triple mutant background. While the uninduced and IPTG-induced RIK1059 cells grew similarly in LB medium, the growth of RIK1066 cells was arrested following the addition of IPTG during the early exponential growth phase. Induction of YwaC expression by IPTG also severely decreased the intracellular GTP level and drastically altered the transcriptional profile in RIK1066 cells. Sucrose density gradient centrifugation analysis of the ribosomal fractions prepared from the IPTG-induced RIK1066 cells revealed three peaks corresponding to 30S, 50S, and 70S ribosome particles, and also an extra peak. Electron microscope studies revealed that the extra peak fraction contained dimers of 70S ribosomes, which were similar to the Escherichia coli 100S ribosomes. Proteomic analysis revealed that the 70S dimer contained an extra protein, YvyD, in addition to those found in the 70S ribosome. Accordingly, strain resulting from the disruption of the yvyD gene in the RIK1066 cells was unable to form 70S dimers following IPTG induction, indicating that YvyD is required for the formation of these dimers in B. subtilis.
巻・号 1(2)
ページ 115-34
公開日 2012-6-1
DOI 10.1002/mbo3.16
PMID 22950019
PMC PMC3426417
IF 3.142
引用数 39
WOS 分野 MICROBIOLOGY
リソース情報
原核生物(枯草菌) MBS31 MBS32 MBS33 MBS34 MBS404 MBS405 MBS406 MBS407 MBS408 MBS409 MBS410 MBS411 MBS412 MBS413 MBS414 MBS415 MBS416 MBS417 MBS418