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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, p. 2926-2929, Vol. 189, No. 7
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01654-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Essential GTPase YqeH Is Required for Proper Ribosome Assembly in Bacillus subtilis{triangledown}

William C. Uicker, Laura Schaefer, Mark Koenigsknecht, and Robert A. Britton*

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Received 25 October 2006/ Accepted 10 January 2007

Recent work with bacteria and eukaryotes has shown that GTPases play important roles in ribosome assembly. Here we show that the essential GTPase YqeH is required for proper 70S ribosome formation and 30S subunit assembly/stability in Bacillus subtilis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 6175 BPS, East Lansing, MI 48824. Phone: (517) 355-6463, ext. 1601. Fax: (517) 353-8957. E-mail: rbritton{at}msu.edu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 January 2007.

Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, p. 2926-2929, Vol. 189, No. 7
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01654-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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