CotG controls spore surface formation in response to the temperature of growth in Bacillus subtilis.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial spores of the Bacillus genus are ubiquitous in nature and are commonly isolated from a variety of diverse environments. Such wide distribution mainly reflects the spore resistance properties but some Bacillus species can grow/sporulate in at least some of the environments where they have been originally isolated. Growing and sporulating at different conditions is known to affect the structure and the resistance properties of the produced spore. In B. subtilis the temperature of growth and sporulation has been shown to influence the structure of the spore surface throughout the action of a sporulation-specific and heat-labile kinase CotH. Here we report that CotG, an abundant component of the B. subtilis spore surface and a substrate of the CotH kinase, assembles around the formin

SUBMITTER: Di Gregorio Barletta G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313550 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature