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The putative DNA translocase SpoIIIE is required for sporulation of the symmetrically dividing coccal species Sporosarcina ureae.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 2000
Chary V K, Hilbert D W, Higgins M L, Piggot P J
Abstract excerpt
The spoIIIE gene of Sporosarcina ureae encodes a 780-residue protein, showing 58% identity to the SpoIIIE protein of Bacillus subtilis, which is thought to be a DNA translocase. Expression of the S. ureae spoIIIE gene is able to restore sporulation in a B. subtilis spoIIIE mutant. Inactivation of the S. ureae spoIIIE gene blocks sporulation of S. ureae at stage III. Within the limits of detection, the sporulation...
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