Visualization of SpoVAEa Protein Dynamics in Dormant Spores of Bacillus cereus and Dynamic Changes in Their Germinosomes and SpoVAEa during Germination.

ABSTRACT: Bacillus cereus spores, like most Bacillus spores, can survive for years and germinate when their surroundings become suitable, and germination proteins play an important role in the initiation of germination. Because germinated spores lose the extreme resistance of dormant spores, information on the function of germination proteins could be useful in developing new strategies to control B. cereus spores. Prior work has shown that (i) the channel protein SpoVAEa exhibits high-frequency movement in the outer leaflet of the inner membrane (IM) in dormant B. subtilis spores and (ii) the formation of the foci termed germinosomes between two germination proteins, the germinant receptor GerR and the scaffold protein GerD, in developing B. cereus spores is slower than foci formation by Ger

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature