Identification and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis spoIIP locus.

Abstract excerpt

We have identified an additional sporulation gene, named spoIIP, in the region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome located immediately downstream of the gpr gene (227 degrees on the genetic map). A null mutation of spoIIP arrests sporulation at an early stage of engulfment (stage IIii), a phenotype similar to that already described for spoIID and spoIIM mutants. This gene encodes a 401-residue polypeptide, which...

Topics

• Bacillus subtilis
• Bacterial Proteins
• Base Sequence
• Chromosome Mapping
• Cloning, Molecular
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Regulon
• Sigma Factor
• Spores, Bacterial