title: Mutations in pts cause catabolite-resistant sporulation and altered regulation of spo0H in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: A mutation in Bacillus subtilis, ggr-31, that relieves glucose-glutamine-dependent control of a spoVG-lacZ translational fusion was isolated and was subsequently found to confer a pleiotropic phenotype. Mutants cultured in glucose- and glutamine-rich media exhibited a Crs- (catabolite-resistant sporulation) phenotype; enhanced expression of the spo0H gene, encoding sigma H, as evidenced by immunoblot analysis with anti-sigma H antiserum; and derepression of srfA, an operon involved in surfactin biosynthesis and competence development. In addition, ggr-31 mutants exhibited a significant increase in generation time when they were cultured in minimal glucose medium. The mutant phenotype was restored to the wild type by Campbell integration of a plasmid containing part of the ptsG (encoding the enzyme II/III glucose permease) gene, indicating that the mutation probably resides within ptsG and adversely affects glucose uptake. A deletion mutation within ptsI exhibited a phenotype similar to that of ggr-31.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frisby
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zuber
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005973:Glutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000032:analysis; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; C092468:spoIIR protein, Bacillus subtilis; C030069:spore-specific proteins, Bacillus; D005973:Glutamine; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; D005947:Glucose