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GerM is required to assemble the basal platform of the SpoIIIA-SpoIIQ transenvelope complex during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.


ABSTRACT: Sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells assemble a multimeric membrane complex connecting the mother cell and developing spore that is required to maintain forespore differentiation. An early step in the assembly of this transenvelope complex (called the A-Q complex) is an interaction between the extracellular domains of the forespore membrane protein SpoIIQ and the mother cell membrane protein SpoIIIAH. This interaction provides a platform onto which the remaining components of the complex assemble and also functions as an anchor for cell-cell signalling and morphogenetic proteins involved in spore development. SpoIIQ is required to recruit SpoIIIAH to the sporulation septum on the mother cell side; however, the mechanism by which SpoIIQ specifically localizes to the septal membranes on the forespore side has remained enigmatic. Here, we identify GerM, a lipoprotein previously implicated in spore germination, as the missing factor required for SpoIIQ localization. Our data indicate that GerM and SpoIIIAH, derived from the mother cell, and SpoIIQ, from the forespore, have reciprocal localization dependencies suggesting they constitute a tripartite platform for the assembly of the A-Q complex and a hub for the localization of mother cell and forespore proteins.

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5055438 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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GerM is required to assemble the basal platform of the SpoIIIA-SpoIIQ transenvelope complex during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.

Rodrigues Christopher D A CD   Ramírez-Guadiana Fernando H FH   Meeske Alexander J AJ   Wang Xindan X   Rudner David Z DZ  

Molecular microbiology 20160722 2


Sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells assemble a multimeric membrane complex connecting the mother cell and developing spore that is required to maintain forespore differentiation. An early step in the assembly of this transenvelope complex (called the A-Q complex) is an interaction between the extracellular domains of the forespore membrane protein SpoIIQ and the mother cell membrane protein SpoIIIAH. This interaction provides a platform onto which the remaining components of the complex assemble  ...[more]

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