Adult stem cells must maintain the long-term ability to divide, be able to produce some differentiated daughter cells, and still repopulate the stem cell pool.

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Histidine phosphatase activity of DhkA causes inactivation of RegA, the accumulation of cAMP and PKA activation, causes spore maturation.

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In prespore cells, PKA activation occurs by signalling cascade that is activated by SDF-3, which triggers the synthesis of GABA

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Secreted GABA then acts on prestalk cells to induce the cell-surface exposure of the serine protease domain of the ABC transporter TagC.

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GABA acts on prespore cells to induce secretion of AcbA.

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AcbA is cleaved by the TagC protease to produce the peptide SDF-2.