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. 1973 May;114(2):612–617. doi: 10.1128/jb.114.2.612-617.1973

Effects of Mutational Loss of Specific Intracellular Proteases on the Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

James H Hageman a,1, Bruce C Carlton b,2
PMCID: PMC251816  PMID: 4196247

Abstract

Two protease-deficient mutants of Bacillus subtilis 168 (Trp−) were isolated and compared with the parental strain with respect to production of intracellular proteases and sporulation. A mutant lacking the metal-requiring “neutral” protease intracellularly sporulated as well as the parental strain. A second mutant, deficient in an as yet uncharacterized intracellular protease, failed to sporulate normally. It is proposed that this new protease is also involved in intracellular protein turnover.

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