title: [Identification of a sulfhydryl-reducing agent-inducible protein highly homologous to protein synthesis elongation factor Tu in Bacillus subtilis].
abstract: It was examined that the effect of beta-mercaptoethanol and dithiothreitol treatments, which should affect disulfide bond formation of proteins, on cellular protein components of Bacillus subtilis. In LB medium, the treatments induced the synthesis of a 50 kD protein (P50), which is synthesized constitutively under normal growth condition and is a major cytoplasmic protein. P50 was also induced by heat shock, but not by sporulation. In Schaeffer's sporulation medium, however, P50 was not induced by the sulfhydryl-reducing agents. This suggests that the sulfhydryl-reducing agent-inducibility of P50 might depent on specific physiological condition(s). The amino terminal sequences of two of the four main V8 protease fragments of P50 were determined. A search in databases revealed that P50 was highly homologous to protein synthesis elongation factor Tu of B. subtilis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kadokura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008623:Mercaptoethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D008623:Mercaptoethanol; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu; D004229:Dithiothreitol