Project description:Here we performed a set of cross linking experiments with Parvulin 14 and 17 in order to understand the intramolecular contacts the proteins form. Also we investigated the interaction of Par14 with actin using CL-MS.
Project description:In bacteria, one paradigm for signal transduction is the two-component regulatory system, consisting of a sensor kinase (usually a membrane protein) and a response regulator (usually a membrane protein) and a response regulator (usually a DNA binding protein). The EnvZ/OmpR two-component system in S. Typhimurium responds to osmotic stress and regulates expression of outer membrane proteins. Furthermore, bacteria were believed to regulate pH by acidifying after external acid stress, then immediately recovering. Using a pH-sensor in single living cells, we show that S. Typhimurium maintain an acidic cytoplasm under sucrose-driven osmotic stress which requires OmpR. Thus, we set out to identify the OmpR targets of S. Typhimurium under osmotic stress.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori strains USU101 was infected into macaques, some of which were treated with the dietary carcinogen ENNG. After 5 years, H. pylori isolates were obtained by endoscopy followed by culture. The resulting strains were analyzed for differences in gene content by array CGH.