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Účast alternativních sigma faktorů RNA polymerasy při regulaci exprese genů Corynebacterium glutamicum / The role of alternative sigma factors of RNA polymerase in regulation of gene expression in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Abstract Regulation of transcription by extracytoplasmic-function (ECF) sigma factors of RNA polymerase is an efficient way of cell adaptation to diverse environmental stresses. Amino acid-producing gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum codes for seven sigma factors: the primary sigma factor SigA, the primary-like sigma factor SigB and five ECF stress- responsive sigma factors (SigC, SigD, SigE, SigH and SigM). The sigH gene encoding SigH sigma factor is located in a gene cluster together with the rshA gene, encoding the anti-sigma factor of SigH. Anti-sigma factors bind to their cognate sigma factors and inhibit their transcriptional activity. Under the stress conditions the binding is released allowing the sigma factors to bind to the RNAP core enzyme. In this thesis, regulation of expression of genes encoding the most important ECF sigma factor SigH and its anti-sigma factor RshA as well as genes belonging to the SigH-regulon were mainly studied. The transcriptional analysis of the sigH-rshA operon revealed four housekeeping promoters of the sigH gene and one SigH-dependent promoter of the rshA gene. For testing the role of the complex SigH-RshA in gene expression, the C. glutamicum ΔrshA strain was used for genome-wide transcription profiling with DNA Microarrays technique under...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:353385
Date January 2016
CreatorsŠilar, Radoslav
ContributorsNešvera, Jan, Branny, Pavel, Lichá, Irena
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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