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3117772

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
Electron microscopic investigation of ultrathin sections of Bacillus subtilis Cgr4 cells revealed the presence of crystal-like inclusions which were formed of spheric homogeneous subunits. The frequency of cells with a crystal-like inclusion in the culture approached 1%. The appearance of the crystal protein in cells coincided in time with spore morphogenesis. However, the process of crystal protein formation and sporulation are two alternatives: the cells either form the crystal protein or continue spore morphogenesis. Fractionation of cells in the stationary growth phase on a Percoll density gradient showed that the cells containing the crystal protein accumulated in the fraction corresponding to a 1.14-g/ml Percoll density. The cells were disintegrated by sonication, and alkaline-extracted proteins were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. After sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis, the fraction enriched with crystal-containing cells showed practically a single band with a molecular weight of 47,000 that corresponded to the crystal-forming protein. The antigenic features and amino acid composition indicated certain similarities between the crystal-forming protein in B. subtilis Cgr4 cells and the spore coat protein.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5258-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Crystal protein formed by Bacillus subtilis cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR, Vilnius, USSR.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article