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Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579
Germinant receptors (GRs) are proteins in the spore-forming bacteria of Bacillus species that are crucial in triggering spore germination by sensing nutrients in the spores’ environment. In the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus cereus strain ATCC 14579, the GerR GR initiates germination with L-alanin...
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author | Wang, Yan Setlow, Peter Brul, Stanley |
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description | Germinant receptors (GRs) are proteins in the spore-forming bacteria of Bacillus species that are crucial in triggering spore germination by sensing nutrients in the spores’ environment. In the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus cereus strain ATCC 14579, the GerR GR initiates germination with L-alanine. While we have expressed GerR subunits fused to reporter proteins from genes under control of their native promoter on plasmids in this B. cereus strain, here we sought increased flexibility in this work by studying genome integration and plasmid-borne inducible high level (over) expression. However, construction of chromosomal integrants to visualize and localize the GerR B subunit fused to fluorescent reporter protein SGFP2 was not successful in this B. cereus strain using constructs with either shorter (~600 bp) or longer (~1200 bp) regions of homology to the gerR operon. This failure was in contrast to successful IPTG-inducible expression of GerRB-SGFP2 from plasmid pDG148 in vegetative cells and dormant spores, as fluorescent GerRB-SGFP2 foci were present in vegetative cells and the protein was detected by Western blot analysis. In dormant spores, the fluorescence intensity with IPTG-inducible expression from pDG148-gerRB-SGFP2 was significantly higher than in wild type spores. However, the full length GerRB-SGFP2 protein was not detected in spores using Western blots. Clearly, there are still challenges in the construction of B. cereus strains harboring fluorescent reporter proteins in which tagged proteins are encoded by genes incorporated in the chromosome or on extrachromosomal expression plasmids. |
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spelling | pubmed-95012162022-09-24 Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 Wang, Yan Setlow, Peter Brul, Stanley Microorganisms Article Germinant receptors (GRs) are proteins in the spore-forming bacteria of Bacillus species that are crucial in triggering spore germination by sensing nutrients in the spores’ environment. In the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus cereus strain ATCC 14579, the GerR GR initiates germination with L-alanine. While we have expressed GerR subunits fused to reporter proteins from genes under control of their native promoter on plasmids in this B. cereus strain, here we sought increased flexibility in this work by studying genome integration and plasmid-borne inducible high level (over) expression. However, construction of chromosomal integrants to visualize and localize the GerR B subunit fused to fluorescent reporter protein SGFP2 was not successful in this B. cereus strain using constructs with either shorter (~600 bp) or longer (~1200 bp) regions of homology to the gerR operon. This failure was in contrast to successful IPTG-inducible expression of GerRB-SGFP2 from plasmid pDG148 in vegetative cells and dormant spores, as fluorescent GerRB-SGFP2 foci were present in vegetative cells and the protein was detected by Western blot analysis. In dormant spores, the fluorescence intensity with IPTG-inducible expression from pDG148-gerRB-SGFP2 was significantly higher than in wild type spores. However, the full length GerRB-SGFP2 protein was not detected in spores using Western blots. Clearly, there are still challenges in the construction of B. cereus strains harboring fluorescent reporter proteins in which tagged proteins are encoded by genes incorporated in the chromosome or on extrachromosomal expression plasmids. MDPI 2022-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9501216/ /pubmed/36144376 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091774 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Yan Setlow, Peter Brul, Stanley Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 |
title | Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 |
title_full | Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 |
title_fullStr | Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 |
title_full_unstemmed | Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 |
title_short | Genomic versus Plasmid-Borne Expression of Germinant Receptor Proteins in Bacillus cereus Strain 14579 |
title_sort | genomic versus plasmid-borne expression of germinant receptor proteins in bacillus cereus strain 14579 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36144376 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091774 |
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