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J Bacteriol. 1974 June; 118(3): 1067-1074
Copyright © 1974 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Percent Charging of Transfer Ribonucleic Acid and Levels of ppGpp and pppGpp in Dormant and Germinated Spores of Bacillus megaterium

Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032

ABSTRACT

The levels of transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs) specific for 14 amino acids were almost identical in dormant spores and in spores germinated from 6 to 75 min. Germinated spore tRNAs specific for all amino acids tested were between 63 and 93% charged, and there was no significant change in this value from 6 to 75 min of germination. In contrast, tRNAs isolated from dormant spores specific for nine different amino acids were almost completely(>93%) uncharged. However, some dormant spore tRNAs, i.e., those for arginine, histidine, isoleucine, and valine, showed significant (21 to 72%) levels of aminoacylation. Dormant spores contained no detectable guanosine penta- (pppGpp), tetra- (ppGpp), or triphosphate (GTP). However, these nucleotides appeared in the first minutes of germination, and thereafter all increased in parallel with a ratio of pppGpp plus ppGpp to GTP of 0.07 to 0.11, which is characteristic of unstarved vegetative cells.

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