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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.42.2014.tde-14032015-111037
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Author
Full name
Heloise Balhesteros
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2014
Supervisor
Committee
Marques, Marilis do Valle (President)
Galhardo, Rodrigo da Silva
Gueiros Filho, Frederico José
Nascimento, Ana Lucia Tabet Oller do
Silva, Aline Maria da
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização do papel de dois fatores sigma de função extracitoplasmática da família FecI em Caulobacter crescentus.
Keywords in Portuguese
Caulobacter crescentus
Biologia molecular
Fatores sigma de carência de ferro
Microbiologia
Regulação gênica
Abstract in Portuguese
Fatores sigma de carência de ferro, representados por FecI de E. coli, direcionam a transcrição de genes de transporte de sideróforos (quelantes de ferro), e são geralmente regulados por fatores antissigma (FecR), que liberam o fator sigma após ligação do sideróforo no receptor de membrana externa (FecA). Caulobacter crescentus possui quatro genes para fatores sigma desta família. Ensaios de expressão gênica e crescimento indicaram que estes genes não respondem à disponibilidade de ferro. Em microarranjos de cDNA, apenas o gene fecA2 foi induzido em DfecR2 comparado à linhagem parental, sugerindo que este é o único gene alvo do fator sigma FecI2. Já DfecR4 mostrou indução em mais de 50 genes, alguns envolvidos na utilização de fontes alternativas de carbono. Ensaios fenotípicos com DfecI4 sugeriram que este gene é importante para o crescimento em g-ciclodextrina ou ácido caproico. Os resultados sugerem que o fator sigma FecI2 é bem específico, enquanto FecI4 parece regular uma resposta geral relacionada a compostos carbônicos, e não à homeostase de ferro.
Title in English
Characterization of the role of two FecI-like extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in Caulobacter crescentus.
Keywords in English
Caulobacter crescentus
Gene regulation
Iron starvation sigma factors
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Abstract in English
Iron starvation sigma factors, whose prototype is E. coli FecI, direct transcription of genes involved in siderophore (iron chelators) transport, being usually regulated by anti-sigma factors (FecR), which release the sigma factor after siderophore binding to the outer membrane receptor (FecA). Caulobacter crescentus possesses four genes encoding FecI-like sigma factors. Gene expression and growth assays indicated that these genes do not respond to iron availability. In cDNA microarrays, only the fecA2 gene was induced in DfecR2 relative to the wild-type strain, suggesting that this is the only target gene of the FecI2 sigma factor. However, in DfecR4 there was induction of over 50 genes, some of them involved in utilization of alternative carbon sources. Phenotypic microarrays with the DfecI4 strain showed that this gene is important for growth in g-cyclodextrin or caproic acid. The results suggest that the FecI2 sigma factor is very specific, whereas FecI4 seems to regulate a more general response, related to carbon compounds rather than iron homeostasis.
 
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2015-03-14
 
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  • BALHESTEROS, H., and MARQUES, MV. Analysis of the role of putative iron starvation sigma factors from Caulobacter crescentus. In Bacteria Archaea and Phages, Cold Spring Harbor, 2012. Abstracts of Bacteria Archaea and Phages Meeting., 2012. Abstract.
  • BALHESTEROS, H., e Marques, Marilis V. Analysis of the role of putative iron starvation sigma factors from Caulobacter crescentus on iron uptake. In 26º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia, Foz do Iguaçu, 2011. Resumos do 26º Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia., 2011. Resumo.
  • BALHESTEROS, H., e Marques, Marilis V. INVESTIGATION OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF PUTATIVE IRON STARVATION SIGMA FACTORS FROM CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS. In 27o Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia, Natal, 2013. Anais do 27o Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia., 2013. Resumo.
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