title: Expression of kinA and accumulation of sigma H at the onset of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: Induction of the Bacillus subtilis kinA gene, which codes for a major kinase of the phosphorelay pathway, required the spo0H gene, coding for the sigma H protein, but not the genes spo0A, spo0B, and spo0F at the onset of sporulation. Also, the levels of sigma H in spo0A, spo0B, and spo0F mutants were increased at the onset of sporulation, though induction of spo0H transcription in all of these mutants was appreciably inhibited. In addition, kinA expression was almost completely eliminated in a medium supplemented with excess glucose and glutamine, even though the usual stationary-phase-associated increase in sigma H was observed under these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005973:Glutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009154:Mutation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; C087737:Spo0H protein, Bacillus subtilis; D014157:Transcription Factors; C075521:kinA protein, Bacillus subtilis; D005973:Glutamine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D005947:Glucose