Sequence analysis of the 308 degrees to 311 degrees segment of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome, a region devoted to cell wall metabolism, containing non-coding grey holes which reveal chromosomal rearrangements
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The 18 open reading frames present in the 29.71 kb chromosomal region of Bacillus subtilis 168 between 308 degrees and 311 degrees participate in cell wall metabolism. Two non-coding segments or grey holes of 0.7 and 2.2 kb, present on either side of the gga AB operon, are formed from many pieces resembling a 9 kb region around the gga Ab operon. Analysis of the regions suggests that horizontal transfer or duplications and subsequent genetic instability could have caused the entry of the gga AB operon into strain 168.
Publication Name: Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1350-0872
Year: 1995
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Bacillus subtilis alpha-phosphoglucomutase is required for normal cell morphology and biofilm formation
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The mutations designated gtaC and gtaE that affect alpha-phosphoglucomutase activity required for interconversion of glucose 6-phosphate and alpha-glucose 1-phosphate to the Bacillus subtilis pgcA (yhxb) gene is mapped. The deficiency in biofilm formation in gtaC and gtaE mutants may be attributed to an inability to synthesize UDP-glucose, an important intermediate in a number of cell envelope biosynthetic processes.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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A disulfide bond-containing alkaline phosphatase triggers a BdbC-dependent secretion stress response in Bacillus subtilis
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An investigation on whether high-level production of a secretory protein with two disulfide bonds, PhoA of Escherichia coli, induces secretion stress in Bacillus subtilis is presented. Results reveal that Eschericia coli PhoA production triggers a relatively moderate CssRS-dependent secretion stress response in B. subtilis.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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