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CotC-CotU heterodimerization during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2008
Isticato Rachele, Pelosi Assunta, Zilhão Rita, Baccigalupi Loredana, Henriques Adriano O, De Felice Maurilio, Ricca Ezio
Abstract excerpt
We report evidence that CotC and CotU, two previously identified components of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat, are produced concurrently in the mother cell chamber of the sporulating cell under the control of sigmaK and GerE and immediately assembled around the forming spore. In the coat, the two proteins interact to form a coat component of 23 kDa. The CotU-CotC interaction was not detected in two heterologous...
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