Environmental control of protein export of Bacillus licheniformis NCIB 6346 reveals two types of extracellular proteins |
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Authors: | M J Lancaster C W Keevil D C Ellwood R C W Berkeley |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Microbiology, The Medical School, University of Bristol, B58 1TD Bristol, Avon, UK;(2) Pathogenic Microbes Research Laboratory, PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, SP4 0JG Sallsbury, Wilts, UK |
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Abstract: | Teichuronic acid was the major anionic polymer of Bacillus licheniformis NCIB 6346 durign phosphate-limited (P-limited) growth in the chemostat. This polymer was also present in significant quantities when B. licheniformis was grown under carbon-limited (C-limited) or magnesium-limited (Mg-limited) conditions where teichoic acid predominated in the cell wall. However, the cell wall composition was not of significance in protein export and the parameters for the excretion process were found to be environmental. In particular, two types of extracellular proteins were identified: the first type of enzyme, penicillinase, was only weakly catabolite repressed; was maximally synthesized and secreted during P-limited growth; was unaffected by growth in high Na+ media but its production was inhibited by gramicidin. The second type of enzyme, -amylase, was strongly catabolite repressed and its export was markedly inhibited during P-limited growth or in the presence of Na+ or gramicidin. It is noteworthy that the penicillinase carries a glyceride-cysteine modification at its N-terminus whilst the -amylase does not. |
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Keywords: | Bacillus licheniformis Teichoic and teichuronic acids Protein export Na+ and gramidicin inhibition |
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