Investigating interactions of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat proteins CotY and CotZ using single molecule force spectroscopy

Journal of Structural Biology
Huiqing LiuJilin Tang

Abstract

Spores formed by Bacillus subtilis are surrounded by a protective and multilayered shell, termed the coat, which grants the spores resistance to various environmental stresses and facilitates spore germination. The spore coat consists of more than seventy different proteins, arranged into at least four distinct structural layers: the undercoat, inner coat, outer coat and crust. However, how these proteins, especially the morphogenetic proteins, interact to establish the organized, functional coat layers remains poorly understood. CotY and CotZ as the components of the crust, play a morphogenetic role in the crust assembly around the spore. In this study, the single molecule force spectroscopy was used to investigate the interaction and dynamics between CotY and CotZ at the single-molecule level. The results show that homotypic interactions of CotY and CotZ and the heterotypic interaction between CotY and CotZ exist. Furthermore, the dissociation kinetics of the complexes were studied by monitoring the relationship between the unbinding forces and the loading rates at different pulling velocities. In this way, a series of kinetic parameters regarding the three different complexes were obtained. It revealed the strong interaction...Continue Reading

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