Release of small molecules during germination of spores of Bacillus Species.
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.
Setlow
Barbara
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Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA.
Wahome
Paul G
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Setlow
Peter
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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*
D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D000596:Amino Acids; D010848:Picolinic Acids; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D001120:Arginine; C004860:dipicolinic acid