title: Cloning and characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis homolog of the spoIIID gene from Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: The SpoIIID protein of Bacillus subtilis (Bs) is a small DNA-binding protein that is essential for gene expression of the mother cell compartment during sporulation. We have cloned a DNA fragment from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that showed a specific hybridization with the Bs spoIIID gene. Sequence analysis found an open reading frame encoding 90 amino acids (aa), which are 89% identical to the deduced aa sequence of Bs spoIIID. Upstream from the transcription start point (tsp), a nucleotide sequence highly homologous to the consensus sequence motif for the sigma 35-recognized promoters was found. Northern blot analysis has indicated that the expression of the gene is induced only at the midsporulation stage, and that the gene constitutes an operon with a downstream gene, mreB. The Bs strain carrying the spoIIID delta erm or spoIIID83 mutation completely restored sporulation ability upon introduction of the spoIIID homologous gene from Bt. These results strongly suggest that the gene we have cloned is a Bt homolog of spoIIID.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshisue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009876:Operon; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C071977:SpoIIID protein, Bacillus; D014157:Transcription Factors