JBC, Vol. 252, Issue 14, 5150-5154, Jul, 1977
Membrane polypeptides co-induced with the bacterial bioluminescent system
Z. Ne'eman, S. Ulitzur, D. Branton and J. W. Hastings
Electrophoretic analysis of membrane proteins and electron microscopy of
freeze-fracture replicas reveal that certain polypeptides and intramembrane
particles are absent in Beneckea harveyi harvested prior to luminescence
induction but present after induction. The polypeptides and particles are
also absent in mutants which fail to synthesize the luminescent system.
These correlations implicate membrane polypeptides in the bacterial
bioluminescent system.