Skip to main content
Journal of Bacteriology logoLink to Journal of Bacteriology
. 1993 Feb;175(3):905–908. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.3.905-908.1993

Purification and characterization of SP21, a development-specific protein of the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca.

M Heidelbach 1, H Skladny 1, H U Schairer 1
PMCID: PMC196243  PMID: 8423161

Abstract

Stigmatella aurantiaca is a gram-negative bacterium with a complex life cycle, including cellular aggregation resulting in the formation of a characteristic three-dimensional structure, the so-called fruiting body. During fruiting and upon chemical induction of sporulation, a major development-specific protein, SP21, is synthesized. SP21 was purified to homogeneity from the membranous fraction of chemically induced spores. Expression of SP21 was studied with an antiserum raised against the purified protein.

Full text

PDF
907

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Laemmli U. K. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature. 1970 Aug 15;227(5259):680–685. doi: 10.1038/227680a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Pearson W. R., Lipman D. J. Improved tools for biological sequence comparison. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Apr;85(8):2444–2448. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.8.2444. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Qualls G. T., Stephens K., White D. Morphogenetic movements and multicellular development in the fruiting Myxobacterium, Stigmatella aurantiaca. Dev Biol. 1978 Sep;66(1):270–274. doi: 10.1016/0012-1606(78)90291-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Shimkets L. J. Social and developmental biology of the myxobacteria. Microbiol Rev. 1990 Dec;54(4):473–501. doi: 10.1128/mr.54.4.473-501.1990. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. White D., Johnson J. A., Stephens K. Effects of specific cations on aggregation and fruiting body morphology in the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca. J Bacteriol. 1980 Oct;144(1):400–405. doi: 10.1128/jb.144.1.400-405.1980. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Bacteriology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES