Project description:Transcriptional and translational profiling of R. sphaeroides WT 2.4.1 under singlet oxygen stress compared to control (no stress) conditions
Project description:To learn more about the function of Pos19, we constructed an over-expression strain. For this purpose, the Pos19 gene together with its native RpoE promoter was cloned into the middle-copy plasmid pBBR1 and expressed in the R. sphaeroides wild-type 2.4.1 background. The corresponding strain consequently exhibits a singlet oxygen-induced Pos19 over-expression compared to an empty vector control. Total RNA from the over-expression (pPos19) and from the empty vector control (pBBR) strain was extracted after 7 min of singlet oxygen stress and used for microarray analysis to investigate Pos19-induced changes on transcriptome level.
Project description:Transcriptional and translational profiling of R. sphaeroides WT 2.4.1 under singlet oxygen stress compared to control (no stress) conditions RNA samples collected at time-point zero and at different time-points after singlet oxygen stress were analyzed by two-color microarrays
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of R. sphaeroides Δlov compared to control R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 under singlet oxygen stress, aerobic conditions
Project description:To learn more about the function of SorX, we constructed an over-expression strain. For this purpose, the sorX gene together with its 28-bp upstream region was cloned into the over-expression vector pRK4352 and expressed in the R. sphaeroides wild-type 2.4.1 background. The corresponding strain consequently exhibits a SorX over-expression that is driven by the constitutive 16S rRNA (RSP_4352) promoter. The over-expression strain was compared to an empty vector control (pRK415). Total RNA from the over-expression (pRKSorX144) and from the empty vector control (pRK415) strain was extracted after 7 min of singlet oxygen stress and used for microarray analysis to investigate SorX-induced changes on transcriptome level.
Project description:To learn more about the function of SurS, we constructed an over-expression strain. For this purpose, the surS gene together with its native RpoE promoter was cloned into the middle-copy plasmid pBBR1 and expressed in the R. sphaeroides wild-type 2.4.1 background. The corresponding strain consequently exhibits a singlet oxygen-induced SurS over-expression compared to an empty vector control. Total RNA from the over-expression (pSurS) and from the empty vector control (pBBR) strain was extracted after 7 min of singlet oxygen stress and used for microarray analysis to investigate SurS-induced changes on transcriptome level. RNA samples collected after 7 min of singlet oxygen stress were analyzed by two-color microarrays. Each microarray contains a pool of three independent biological replicates for each sample.
Project description:The facultatively photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides harbors an unusual LOV (light, oxygen, voltage) domain protein, RsLOV. While showing a characteristic photocycle, the protein misses a C - terminal output domain, similar to PpSB2 in Pseudomonas putida. Oxygen tension and light quantity are the two main responsible factors controlling the expression of photosynthesis genes in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Two photoreceptor proteins are known to be involved in this regulation: the intensively studied AppA protein and the more recently identified cryptochrome-like protein CryB. Here we show by transcriptome and physiological studies that RsLOV is also involved in the regulation of photosynthetic gene expression. Our data further hint to a connection between RsLOV and the carbon hydrate metabolism, chemotaxis, as well as to the cellular response to photooxidative stress. RsLOV does not only affect blue light dependent gene expression but also redox-dependent regulation. This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE33194: R. sphaeroides ?lov vs. R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 (microarobic conditions) GSE33259: R. sphaeroides ?lov vs. R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 (blue light, semiaerobic conditions) GSE33260: R. sphaeroides ?lov vs. R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 (singlet oxygen stress, aerobic conditions)
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE39711: RpoHI and RpoHII regulons in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 from chromatin immuno-precipitation GSE39712: RpoHI and RpoHII regulons in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 from gene expression profiling Refer to individual Series
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of R. sphaeroides Δlov compared to control R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 under singlet oxygen stress, aerobic conditions Two-strain experiment with overnight cultures of the wild type 2.4.1 and the Δlov mutant. Both were diluted to an OD660 of 0.2 and gassed to adjust aerobic conditions (≈ 170 µM O2). 0.2 µM of methylene blue was added to the cultures to act as photosensitizer. After one doubling time of growth in the darkness cells were illuminated with 800 W m-2 of white light for 7 min.
Project description:mRNA levels were measured in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 at 20% O2 and 0.5% O2, Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 App11 (AppA-null), Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 (pPNs) and PpsR mutant PPS2-4. The mRNA samples were prepared from cultures supplied with 20% O2, 1% CO2, and 79% N2, and grown in the dark to an OD of 0.18. The mRNA levels for each strain was measured three times. Keywords: repeat sample