title: Release of small molecules during germination of spores of Bacillus Species.
abstract: Free amino acids, dipicolinic acid, and unidentified small molecules were released early in Bacillus spore germination before hydrolysis of the peptidoglycan cortex, but adenine nucleotides and 3-phosphoglycerate were not. These results indicate that early in germination there is a major selective change in the permeability of the spore's inner membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Setlow
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wahome
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Setlow
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010848:Picolinic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D000596:Amino Acids; D010848:Picolinic Acids; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D001120:Arginine; C004860:dipicolinic acid