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Protein Synthesis in the Isolated Forespores from Sporulating Cells of Bacillus subtilis
Authors:Kazuhito Watabe  Seiichi Iida  Keiko Nakamura  Tomio Ichikawa  Masaomi Kondo
Abstract:Developing forespores were isolated from Bacillus subtilis at different stages of sporulation and protein synthesis in the forespore compartment was examined. Pulse-labeling experiments indicated that 14C]phenylalanine was continuously incorporated into the sporangium throughout sporulation, and at t5 (early stage V of sporulation) 58% of the radioactivity was located in the forespore compartment. Significantly high incorporation of 14C]phenylalanine was observed when the isolated forespores at t5 were incubated with the corresponding mother-cell cytoplasmic fraction or an amino acid mixture. About 73% of the radioactivity incorporated into the isolated forespore at t5 was found in the cytoplasmic fraction and 26% in the membranous fraction. Analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis showed that the 14C-labeled cytoplasmic protein had a molecular weight of about 20,000, and that a protein having the same molecular weight was present in the t5 forespore as a slight protein band and also in the mature spore as a clear protein band. Gel electrophoresis also revealed that the 14C-labeled membranous-soluble protein (prepared by solubilization with detergents) had broad peaks with molecular weights of about 74,000, 33,000, 20,000, and 12,000.
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