The Delta Subunit of RNA Polymerase Is Required for Rapid Changes in Gene Expression and Competitive Fitness of the Cell

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Publikace nespadá pod Pedagogickou fakultu, ale pod Středoevropský technologický institut. Oficiální stránka publikace je na webu muni.cz.
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RABATINOVÁ Alžbeta ŠANDEROVÁ Hana JIRÁT MATĚJČKOVÁ Jitka KORELUSOVÁ Jana SOJKA Luděk BARVÍK Ivan PAPOUŠKOVÁ Veronika SKLENÁŘ Vladimír ŽÍDEK Lukáš KRÁSNÝ Libor

Rok publikování 2013
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Journal of Bacteriology
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Středoevropský technologický institut

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www http://jb.asm.org/content/195/11/2603.full
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00188-13
Obor Biochemie
Klíčová slova RNA polymerase; delta subunit; regulation; nucleoside triphosphate; gene expression; cell survival
Popis RNA polymerase (RNAP) is an extensively studied multisubunit enzyme required for transcription of DNA into RNA, yet the delta subunit of RNAP remains an enigmatic protein whose physiological roles have not been fully elucidated. Here, we identify a novel, so far unrecognized function of delta from Bacillus subtilis. We demonstrate that delta affects the regulation of RNAP by the concentration of the initiating nucleoside triphosphate ([iNTP]), an important mechanism crucial for rapid changes in gene expression in response to environmental changes. Consequently, we demonstrate that delta is essential for cell survival when facing a competing strain in a changing environment. Hence, although delta is not essential per se, it is vital for the cell's ability to rapidly adapt and survive in nature. Finally, we show that two other proteins, GreA and YdeB, previously implicated to affect regulation of RNAP by [iNTP] in other organisms, do not have this function in B. subtilis.
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