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Definition of the σ(W) Regulon of Bacillus subtilis in the Absence of Stress

ABSTRACT: Comprison of the transcriptome of wild type Bacillus subtilis to the mutants sigW, rasP and prsW to select all candidate sigW regulated genes. We identified 89 genes as being sigW regulated, including several non-coding RNA's. The effects of rasP and prsW mutations on sigW regulated genes were relatively mild, implying that RasP or PrsW are not strictly required for sigW activation. The rasP mutant has a peliotropic phenotype, affecting competence development, protein secretion and membrane protein production. We show that these are not mirrored in the transcriptome, suggesting that RasP exerts its effects at the post transcriptional level.

ORGANISM(S): Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168

PROVIDER: GSE35236 | GEO | 2013/01/02

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA152751

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Background. Bacillus subtilis is a favorable host for the production of industrially relevant proteins because of its capacity of secreting proteins into the medium to high levels, its GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status, its genetic accessibility and its capacity to grow in large fermentations. However, production of heterologous proteins still faces limitations. Results. This study aimed at the identification of bottlenecks in secretory protein production by analyzing the response of B. subtilis at the transcriptome level to overproduction of eight secretory proteins of endogenous and heterologous origin and with different subcellular or extracellular destination: secreted proteins (NprE and XynA of B. subtilis, Usp45 of Lactococcus lactis, TEM-1beta -lactamase of Escherichia coli), membrane proteins (LmrA of L. lactis and XylP of Lactobacillus pentosus) and lipoproteins (MntA and YcdH of B. subtilis). Responses specific for proteins with a common localization as well as more general stress responses were observed. The latter include upregulation of genes encoding intracellular stress proteins (groES/EL, CtsR regulated genes). Specific responses include upregulation of the liaIHGFSR operon under Usp45 and TEM-1 beta-lactamase overproduction; cssRS, htrA and htrB under all secreted proteins overproduction; sigW and SigW-regulated genes mainly under membrane proteins overproduction; and ykrL (encoding an HtpX homologue) specifically under membrane proteins overproduction. Conclusions. The results give better insights into B. subtilis responses to protein overproduction stress and provide potential targets for genetic engineering in order to further improve B. subtilis as a protein production host. Samples for transcriptome analyses were induced at the exponential-growth phase (OD600 = 0.7) with 0.1% subtilin (subtilin containing supernatant of subtilin producing B. subtilis strain ATCC 6633). Cells were harvested 30 min after induction. Three or four independent cultures of each strain (target strains and controls) were used, and cells were sampled for microarray experiment.

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Definition of the σ(W) Regulon of Bacillus subtilis in the Absence of Stress

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