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cognate response regulator (2). Together they are believed to sense | cognate response regulator (2). Together they are believed to sense | ||
extracellular pH between 5.5 to 7 and relaying this signal to regulate | extracellular pH between 5.5 to 7 and relaying this signal to regulate | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 15 October 2009
Wiring the pH
sensor into our system:
Th pH sensor:
ChvG/ChvI is a two component system which is a suspected pH sensor. ChvG is the histidine kinase and ChvI is its cognate response regulator (2). Together they are believed to sense extracellular pH between 5.5 to 7 and relaying this signal to regulate the expression of key virulence related genes. (2)
In our design, we used this two-component system from Agrobacterium tumefaciens, to regulate the expression of select target genes.
Possibility of Cross Talk:
Bacteria have numerous related kinase/response regulated based, two component systems (5). For instance, the Agrobacterium tumefaciens genome is known to contain at least 25 two-component pathways (2).Therefore, there are possibilities of crosstalk between some genes present in E. coli that have the same mechanism as ChvI/ChvG system. In fact, there is evidence supporting that ChvI can complement a PhoB deletion in E. coli. (3) Therefore it is highly likely that there is a possibility of cross talk between our new sensory systems elements, present in E. coli. Many protein-protein interactions are not fully understood (5), which makes this project more challenging but very interesting.
Click on the specific part or
interaction for more information.
Parts: ChvG, ChvI, PhoR, PhoB
Interactions: ChvG---> ChvI , PhoR---> ChvI , PhoR--->PhoB ,ChvI--->PhoA
Th pH sensor:
ChvG/ChvI is a two component system which is a suspected pH sensor. ChvG is the histidine kinase and ChvI is its cognate response regulator (2). Together they are believed to sense extracellular pH between 5.5 to 7 and relaying this signal to regulate the expression of key virulence related genes. (2)
In our design, we used this two-component system from Agrobacterium tumefaciens, to regulate the expression of select target genes.
Possibility of Cross Talk:
Bacteria have numerous related kinase/response regulated based, two component systems (5). For instance, the Agrobacterium tumefaciens genome is known to contain at least 25 two-component pathways (2).Therefore, there are possibilities of crosstalk between some genes present in E. coli that have the same mechanism as ChvI/ChvG system. In fact, there is evidence supporting that ChvI can complement a PhoB deletion in E. coli. (3) Therefore it is highly likely that there is a possibility of cross talk between our new sensory systems elements, present in E. coli. Many protein-protein interactions are not fully understood (5), which makes this project more challenging but very interesting.
Parts: ChvG, ChvI, PhoR, PhoB
Interactions: ChvG---> ChvI , PhoR---> ChvI , PhoR--->PhoB ,ChvI--->PhoA
