title: Characterization and deposition of the proteins in the outermost layer of Bacillus megaterium spore.
abstract: It was proved that three spore coat proteins of 48, 36, and 22 kDa (P48, P36, and P22) were the components of the outermost layer (OL) of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 12872 spore by analysis of the isolated OL. And it was indicated that these proteins were deposited not by disulfide bond, but by ionic and/or hydrophobic bonds on the spore. Among them, P36 and P22 were expected to be located on the very surface of the spore by immunological analysis. In the OL deficient mutant of B. megaterium ATCC 12872, MAE05, whose spore was lacking in these OL proteins and galactosamine-6-phosphate polymer, both P36 and P22 were present in the mother cell cytoplasm and deposited on the forespores, but they disappeared with the lysis of mother cells. An OL protein-releasing factor having proteolytic activity was detected in the culture supernatant at the late sporulating stage of both the wild-type and the mutant strains. But the factor could not act on the proteins of the mature spores and the forespores at t10 (tn indicates n hr after the end of exponential growth) of the wild-type strain. Moreover, P36 and P22 were found in the spores of a revertant of MAE05 which could form galactosamine-6-phosphate polymer, suggesting that this sugar polymer played the role in protecting the OL proteins against the protease-like substance after the deposition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takubo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haruna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawatari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009154:Mutation; D012995:Solubility; D013010:Sonication; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G