Mutations that alter the helix‐turn‐helix region of the spollAC protein: a Bacillus subtilis sporulation‐specific sigma factor

M. D. Yudkin, J. H. Millonig, L. Appleby

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Abstract

It has previously been shown that spollAC561, a mutation that diminishes the incidence of sporulation by more than six orders of magnitude, alters the residue at position 13 of the helix‐turn‐helix region of the sporulation‐specific sigma factor encoded by spoll AC from valine to methionine (Yudkin, 1987b). We have now found that four spontaneous revertants, which sporulate at an incidence of 30‐60%, all contain transitions within the codon that was altered by spo‐561. The mutant methionine is replaced by isoleucine in two revertants, and by threonine in the other two.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)257-259
Number of pages3
JournalMolecular microbiology
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology

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