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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell. 2012 May 24;46(5):561–572. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.04.027

Figure 3. Bactericidal stress induces expression of a bacterial protein with affinity for caspase substrate peptides.

Figure 3

(A) Representative flow cytometer fluorescence timecourse histograms of untreated cells and cells treated with spectinomycin, gentamicin, norfloxacin, ampicillin, 5-FU, or MMC. Increased FITC-Z-VD-FMK fluorescence indicates increased binding of this pan-caspase inhibitor to a bacterial protein with similar substrate specificity, identified as RecA. (B) Fold change in FITC-Z-VD-FMK fluorescence (mean ± SD at 4.5 hours post-treatment), relative to untreated wildtype cells. (C) Percent reduction in FITC-Z-VD-FMK fluorescence (mean ± SD at 4.5 hours post-treatment) when co-treated with norfloxacin and one of the protein synthesis inhibitors, chloramphenicol or spectinomycin.