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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.42.2009.tde-03122009-112829
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Author
Full name
Heloise Balhesteros
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2009
Supervisor
Committee
Marques, Marilis do Valle (President)
Farah, Shaker Chuck
Silva, Luiziana Ferreira da
Title in Portuguese
Análise do papel do gene cspC de Caulobacter crescentus e de sua regulação.
Keywords in Portuguese
Caulobacter crescentus
Biologia molecular
Microbiologia
Proteínas de choque frio
Regulação gênica
Resposta a estresse em bactérias
Abstract in Portuguese
O choque frio em bactérias causa a indução de proteínas de choque frio de baixo peso molecular (CSPs), que desestabilizam estruturas secundárias do mRNA, permitindo sua tradução. Caulobacter crescentus possui quatro genes codificando CSPs: cspA e cspB são induzidos sob choque frio, e cspC e cspD, na fase estacionária. Neste trabalho, foi determinada uma nova seqüência para o gene cspC, revelando que a proteína CspC possui dois domínios CSD, como CspD. O mutante nulo para cspC apresentou sensibilidade em baixa temperatura e menor viabilidade em fase estacionária, com alterações na morfologia. A região regulatória foi mapeada por fusões de transcrição, e uma região ativadora da expressão foi identificada, mostrando uma regulação transcricional. Algumas condições nutricionais que disparam a indução do gene foram determinadas, indicando que sua expressão é influenciada pela ausência de glicose no meio, mas não pela ausência de nitrogênio. Este perfil de indução não depende da região ativadora, que, por sua vez, é necessária para os máximos níveis de expressão.
Title in English
Study of the role cspC gene from Caulobacter crescentus and its regulation.
Keywords in English
Caulobacter crescentus
Bacterial stress response
Cold shock proteins
Gene regulation
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Abstract in English
The cold shock response in bacteria involves the expression of cold shock proteins (CSPs), which destabilize secondary structures on mRNAs, allowing their translation. Caulobacter crescentus possesses four genes encoding CSPs: cspA and cspB are induced upon cold shock, while cspC and cspD are induced at stationary phase. In this work, a new sequence for the coding region of the cspC gene was determined, revealing that CspC contains two cold shock domains, like CspD. A null cspC mutant was sensitive to low temperature, presented reduced viability at stationary phase, and altered morphology. The regulatory region of cspC was mapped by transcriptional fusions, identifying a region responsible for activation of cspC expression, suggesting a transcriptional regulation. Some nutritional conditions triggering cspC induction were determined, indicating that its expression is influenced by glucose starvation, but not by nitrogen starvation. This expression profile was not dependent on the activation region, which, in turn, was required for maximum levels of expression.
 
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2010-03-02
 
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  • BALHESTEROS, H., et al. CspC and CspD are essential for Caulobacter crescentus stationary phase survival [doi:10.1007/s00203-010-0602-8]. Archives of Microbiology [online], 2010, vol. 192, p. 747-758.
  • BALHESTEROS, H., SILVA, C. A. P. T., e MARQUES, MV. Mapeamento das regiões codificadora e promotora do gene cspC de Caulobacter crescentus e análise de sua expressão em diferentes condições nutricionais. In 54º Congresso Brasileiro de Genética, Salvador, 2008. Resumos do 54º Congresso Brasileiro de Genética., 2008. Resumo.
  • MAZZON, R. R., et al. Role and regulation of Caulobacter crescentus csp paralogues in response to stress. In Molecular Genetics of Bacteria & Phages, Cold spring Harbor, NY, 2010. Abstracts of Molecular Genetics of Bacteria & Phages., 2010. Abstract.
  • MAZZON, R. R., et al. Role and regulation of proteins containing Cold Shock Domains in Caulobacter crescentus. In 3rd Caulobacter Meeting, Boston, 2009. Abstracts of the 3rd Caulobacter Meeting., 2009. Abstract.
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