Project description:Flavin-binding fluorescent proteins (FPs) are genetically encoded in vivo reporters, which are derived from microbial and plant LOV photoreceptors. In this study, we comparatively analyzed the ROS-induced stress responses of the two variants DsFbFP M49I and Pp2FbFP, exhibiting preferential photosensitization of superoxide and singlet oxygen, respectively, in E.coli.
Project description:Bacteria use diverse sensors to integrate environmental stimuli into physiological responses that ensure fitness and survival. Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (Rps), a soil-borne plant pathogen that causes bacterial wilt disease, encodes a conserved LOV (light-oxygen-voltage) protein known to mediate photoreception across the tree of life. However, Rps had a minimal LOV-dependent transcriptional response to light. Using clues from functional domains, the lov genomic neighborhood, and in planta transcriptional analyses, we tested the hypothesis that LOV shapes Rps biology in response to stress. We discovered lov modulates Rps stress response and virulence independently of light cues, but in a plant-dependent fashion. A ∆lov mutant had reduced heat tolerance that required a conserved flavin mononucleotide-binding cysteine residue. Deleting lov caused broad metabolic dysregulation, leading to growth defects on several carbon sources. In contrast ∆lov grew better in ex vivo tomato xylem sap and in high-iron medium, a possible consequence of its increased siderophore production. However, LOV is essential for full virulence in the host, mediating attachment to the root surface, stem colonization, and overall symptom development. Together these findings reveal that LOV, which is highly conserved among plant pathogenic Ralstonia, regulates a myriad of functions required for plant fitness independently of light.
Project description:In order to study the role of Farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) in post-embryonic plant development, we generated Arabidopsis conditional knockdown mutants expressing amiRNAs devised to simultaneously silence both FPS (FPS1 and FPS2) genes. The expression of the amiRNAs is regulated by using a methoxyfenozide (MFZ) inducible promoter. An RNAseq analysis was made to compare the differentially expressed genes between control (not induced) and silenced (MFZ-induced) amiFPSa Arabidopsis seedlings. Differential gene expression analysis shows that a reduction in FPS activity levels triggers misregulation of genes involved in biotic and abiotic stress responses, the most prominent being the rapid induction of a set of genes related to the jasmonic acid (JA) pathway. Down-regulation of FPS also triggered a Fe-deficiency transcriptional response that is consistent with the Fe-deficient status observed in FPS silenced plants.
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:CUT&RUN LoV-U was performed against SMAD4 using two different antibodies in M170117 human melanoma cells under 4 conditions: Control (DMSO), TGFb, MEKi and TGFb + MEKi (Both).
Project description:We performed high numbers of replicates of CUT&RUN LoV-U against H3K4me3, β-catenin, and the negative control IgG in human colorectal cancer HCT116 cells over two independent rounds of experiments to discover the complete set of binding events.