Project description:To identify the effect of additional deletion of rel and mprA in the aa3 mutant strain lacking the aa3 cytochrome c oxidase of the respiratory electron transport chain of Mycobacterium smegmatis MC2 155, we constructed the aa3 rel double mutant and aa3 mprA double mutant and profiled the transcriptomes of the aa3 mutant, aa3 mprA double mutant and aa3 rel double mutant strains. Our comparative RNA sequencing analysis revealed that expression of most ribosomal proteins was induced in the aa3 rel double mutant and aa3 mprA double mutant relative to the aa3 mutant.
Project description:Our comparative RNA sequencing analysis of the wild-type strain of M. smegmatis and its isogenic aa3 mutant strain lacking the aa3 cytochrome c oxidase of the respiratory electron transport chain revealed that expression of the SigF regulon is strongly induced in the aa3 mutant relative to the wild-type strain