Ochi K, Kandala J, Freese E
J Bacteriol. 1982 Aug;151(2):1062-5. doi: 10.1128/jb.151.2.1062-1065.1982.
Partial amino acid deprivation of Bacillus subtilis, which evokes the stringent response, initiates sporulation not because the highly phosphorylated guanine nucleotides guanosine-5'-diphosphate-3'-diphosphate (ppGpp) and guanosine-5'-triphosphate-3'-diphosphate (pppGpp) increase but because GTP decreases. This was shown with a mutant (Myc) partially resistant to mycophenolate, an inhibitor of IMP dehydrogenase. Upon amino acid deprivation, the Myc mutant (62032) showed the usual increase in ppGpp and pppGpp but a reduced decrease in GTP, and only few cells sporulated. Extensive sporulation was restored by the addition of mycophenolate or decoyinine, and inhibitor of GMP synthetase, which caused a further decrease in GTP.
枯草芽孢杆菌的部分氨基酸剥夺会引发严谨反应,其启动孢子形成并非因为高度磷酸化的鸟嘌呤核苷酸鸟苷 - 5'-二磷酸 - 3'-二磷酸(ppGpp)和鸟苷 - 5'-三磷酸 - 3'-二磷酸(pppGpp)增加,而是因为鸟苷三磷酸(GTP)减少。这一点在对霉酚酸(一种肌苷酸脱氢酶抑制剂)有部分抗性的突变体(Myc)中得到了证实。在氨基酸剥夺时,Myc突变体(62032)显示出ppGpp和pppGpp通常的增加,但GTP的减少幅度降低,并且只有少数细胞形成孢子。通过添加霉酚酸或6 - 重氮 - 5 - 氧代 - L - 正亮氨酸(一种鸟苷酸合成酶抑制剂)可恢复广泛的孢子形成,这会导致GTP进一步减少。