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With global target analysis, which were performed in collaboration with the iGEM Groningen Team, we were interested in identifying novel c-di-AMP regulatory elements that control gene expression in ''Bacillus subtilis''. | With global target analysis, which were performed in collaboration with the iGEM Groningen Team, we were interested in identifying novel c-di-AMP regulatory elements that control gene expression in ''Bacillus subtilis''. | ||
- | Our goal was to look for genes, whose expression level is affected by the level of c-di-AMP. Therefore we compared the | + | Our goal was to look for genes, whose expression level is affected by the level of c-di-AMP. Therefore we compared the transcriptomes of the wild-type <i>B. subtilis</i> strain and a mutant strain, which produces a lot of c-di-AMP (Fig. 1). |
- | By doing so, we are able to | + | By doing so, we are able to (i) find other pathways that respond to c-di-AMP and therefore can be used to construct a reporter system, and (ii) we can shed light on the signaling network of c-di-AMP in <i>B. subtilis</i>. |
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''Fig.1: c-di-AMP concentrations determined via liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry method by our collaboration partner from the Hannover Medical School. In blue the c-di-AMP amount in low phosphate medium is shown, in red the c-di-AMP amount in high phosphate medium. We compared the wildtype and a hyperactive strain (1344) of ''Bacillus''.'' | ''Fig.1: c-di-AMP concentrations determined via liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry method by our collaboration partner from the Hannover Medical School. In blue the c-di-AMP amount in low phosphate medium is shown, in red the c-di-AMP amount in high phosphate medium. We compared the wildtype and a hyperactive strain (1344) of ''Bacillus''.'' | ||
- | The microarray | + | The microarray analyses in Groningen gave us a first glimpse on all the genes, which are affected by the c-di-AMP level. We were especially interested in ''ydaO''. From a poster of another workgroup we knew that ''ydaO'' is connected to an upstream c-di-AMP sensing riboswitch. This means that in the presence of c-di-AMP the riboswitch will assemble and prohibit the expression of ''ydaO''. Without c-di-AMP the riboswitch cannot be established and ''ydaO'' will be expressed. Therefore, ''ydaO'' was a perfect candidate for us to build another reporter around it. As the microarray analysis revealed, the expression of ''ydaO'' was indeed affected by c-di-AMP levels. To further analyse these results, we did some qRT-PCR analysis back in Göttingen (Fig. 2). |
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