Bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) is a multisubunit complex essential for transcription of DNA into RNA. As a key enzyme responsible for regulation of gene expression it interprets regulatory signals from the cell and based on these cues RNAP adjusts transcription level of particular genes. This process is affected both by the regular subunits of RNAP as well as other transcription factors (TFs) directly or indirectly interacting with RNAP. The general focus of this Thesis was to extend the knowledge about the complex transcriptional regulatory networks and about the connections between individual pathways. The main specific topic and the main publication of the thesis are focused on the HelD protein, a novel binding partner of RNAP in Bacillus subtilis. We showed that HelD binds between the secondary channel of RNAP and alpha subunits of the core form of the enzyme. We proved that HelD stimulates transcription in an ATP dependent manner by enhancing transcriptional cycling and elongation. We revealed a new connection in the transcription regulatory machinery when we demonstrated that the stimulatory effect of HelD can be amplified by delta, a small subunit of RNAP specific for gram positive (G+) bacteria. Two other publications of the thesis are dealing with the delta subunit. We solved the 3D...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:338496 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Wiedermannová, Jana |
| Contributors | Krásný, Libor, Pospíšek, Martin, Valášek, Leoš |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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