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Protease Activities During the Course of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Department of Microbiology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037

ABSTRACT

Three proteolytic enzymes have been isolated from sporulating cultures of Bacillus subtilis. These activities were, respectively, a protease inhibited by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) but not phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), a protease active on both protein and ester substrates, and an ester-active enzyme with low activity on proteins. The latter two enzymes were inhibited by PMSF but not by EDTA. The specific activity of each was determined both intra- and extra-cellularly during growth and sporulation in a single-defined medium. All three enzymes were shown to exhibit a rapid increase in specific activity at a time coinciding with the appearance of refractile bodies in cells.

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