title: Cloning and sequencing of the Bacillus megaterium spoIIA operon.
abstract: The spoIIA operon of Bacillus megaterium has been cloned and the nucleotide sequence determined. The spoIIA sequence contains three open reading frames coding for putative proteins of 116 aa, 147 aa, and 253 aa; the first and the third genes are preceded by a ribosomal binding site. The genes are in the same order as those of B subtilis and B licheniformis. The deduced amino acid sequences of these three open reading frames show 78-92% homology with SpoIIAA, SpoIIAB and SpoIIAC of B subtilis and B licheniformis. Northern hybridization revealed that B megaterium also has two spoIIA transcripts, 1.77 kb and 2.92 kb, attaining maximum expression at t1 and t3, respectively. In addition, homology to a possible penicillin binding protein gene upstream and the first part of a spoVA operon downstream has been identified on the 3.34-kb fragment. The spoIIA and the downstream spoVA promoter regions are highly conserved among these three species. Sequence analysis of the spoVA promoter revealed a region upstream to the -35 that is highly conserved across Bacillus species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb 60115.
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hudspeth
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Vary
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012808:Sigma Factor; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; C092468:spoIIR protein, Bacillus subtilis; C030069:spore-specific proteins, Bacillus