Article
The gerC locus of Bacillus subtilis, required for menaquinone biosynthesis, is concerned only indirectly with spore germination.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Aug 1998
Leatherbarrow A J Howard, Yazdi Mohammed A, Curson Janet P, Moir Anne
Abstract excerpt
The gerC region of Bacillus subtilis comprises a tricistronic operon, encoding enzymes that catalyse the late stages of menaquinone biosynthesis. The gerC58 mutation is responsible for a severe growth defect; unsuppressed mutant cells grow as very short rods, which sometimes septate aberrantly. C...
Topics
- Alkyl and Aryl Transferases
- Bacillus subtilis
- Genes, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Operon
- Phenotype
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Spores, Bacterial
- Vitamin K