The Life-Cycle Proteins Roda of Escherichia Coli and Spove of Bacillus Subtilis Have Very Similar Primary Structures

Proteins; Morphology; Sporulation; Aminoacid sequence; Sequence alignment; Homology; Escherichia coli; Bacillus subtilis; Escherichieae; Enterobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Bacillaceae; Bacillales; Protéine; Morphologie; Séquence aminoacide; Alignement séquence; Homologie; Protéine RodA; Protéine SpoVE; Bactérie; Proteina; Morfología; Esporulación; Secuencia aminoácido; Alineación secuencia; Homologia

Abstract :

[en] Comparison of the predicted amino acid sequence of the cell-cycle RodA protein with the National Research Foundation protein sequence database shows that the 370-amino-acid RodA, a protein that is essential for wall elongation in Escherichia coli and maintenance of the rod shape of the cell, is highly analogous, in terms of primary structure, with the Bacillus subtilis SpoVE protein involved in stage V of sporulation.

Disciplines :

Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology

Author, co-author :

Joris, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Service de Microbiologie

Dive, Georges ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Service de Microbiologie

Henriques, A.; Instituto Gulbenkian de Cienca > Laboratorio de Genetica Molecular

Piggot, P. J.; Temple University School of Medecine > Departement of Microbiology and Immunology

Ghuysen, Jean-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Service de Microbiologie

Language :

English

Title :

The Life-Cycle Proteins Roda of Escherichia Coli and Spove of Bacillus Subtilis Have Very Similar Primary Structures

Publication date :

March 1990

Journal title :

Molecular Microbiology

ISSN :

0950-382X

eISSN :

1365-2958

Publisher :

Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

513-517

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Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]

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