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Reagents that interact with sulfhydryl groups are shown to inhibit competence factor (CF)-induced competence development in Streptococcus sanguis (Wicky) strain WE4 (Wicky 4 Ery(R)). Inhibition is correlated with specific inhibition of either the function or biosynthesis of three competent cell-related proteins and is reversed by either 2-mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol. Mercuric chloride (5 muM) or N-ethylmaleimide (NEM; 50 muM) inhibited (i) the function but not the biosynthesis or activation of the competent cell-associated autolysin; (ii) the biosynthesis of a competent cell-associated protein of unknown function, demonstrated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of acidified phenol extracts; and (iii) the biosynthesis or activation of distinct deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-binding sites. Neither reagent at the indicated concentration interfered with the uptake of CF by cells or with the uptake and expression of DNA by competent cells. Neither reagent inactivated CF or genetic markers coded by the transforming DNA, nor did they inhibit cell growth or viability appreciably. The data reveal that either mercuric chloride or NEM can differentially inhibit induced protein synthesis and, in addition, conclusively show that some autolytic activity is essential for the onset of the competent state.

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Inhibition of the Development of Competence in <i>Streptococcus sanguis</i> (Wicky) by Reagents that Interact with Sulfhydryl Groups: Discernment of the Competence Process

Inhibition of the Development of Competence in Streptococcus sanguis (Wicky) by Reagents that Interact with Sulfhydryl Groups: Discernment of the Competence Process