Dimerization of the RamC morphogenetic protein of Streptomyces coelicolor.

Abstract excerpt

RamC is required for the formation of spore-forming cells called aerial hyphae by the bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor. This protein is membrane associated and has an amino-terminal protein kinase-like domain, but little is known about its mechanism of action. In this study we found that the presence of multiple copies of a defective allele of ramC inhibits morphogenesis in S. coelicolor, consistent with either...

Topics

• Bacterial Proteins
• Base Sequence
• Dimerization
• Gene Dosage
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Morphogenesis
• Mutation
• Spores, Bacterial
• Streptomyces