PULLING THE TRIGGER - THE MECHANISM OF BACTERIAL SPORE GERMINATION

被引：99

作者：

FOSTER, SJ ^{[1
]}

JOHNSTONE, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,DEPT BOT,CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EA,ENGLAND

来源：

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY | 1990年 / 4卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb02023.x

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In spite of displaying the most extreme dormancy and resistance properties known among living systems, bacterial endospores retain an alert environment‐sensing mechanism that can respond within seconds to the presence of specific germinants. This germination response is triggered in the absence of both germinant and germinant‐stimulated metabolism. Genes coding for components of the sensing mechanism in spores of Bacillus subtilis have been cloned and sequenced. However, the molecular mechanism whereby these receptors interact with germinants to initiate the germination response is unknown. Recent evidence has suggested that in spores of Bacillus megaterium KM, proteolytic activation of an autolytic enzyme constitutes part of the germination trigger reaction. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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页码：137 / 141

页数：5

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