title: Role of Bacillus subtilis SpoIIIE in DNA transport across the mother cell-prespore division septum.
abstract: The SpoIIIE protein of Bacillus subtilis is required for chromosome segregation during spore formation. The COOH-terminal cytoplasmic part of SpoIIIE was shown to be a DNA-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) capable of tracking along DNA in the presence of ATP, and the NH(2)-terminal part of the protein was found to mediate its localization to the division septum. Thus, during sporulation, SpoIIIE appears to act as a DNA pump that actively moves one of the replicated pair of chromosomes into the prespore. The presence of SpoIIIE homologs in a broad range of bacteria suggests that this mechanism for active transport of DNA may be widespread.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bath
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Errington
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D004278:DNA, Superhelical / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012808:Sigma Factor; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004278:DNA, Superhelical; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; C092468:spoIIR protein, Bacillus subtilis; C030069:spore-specific proteins, Bacillus; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I