Structural Chromosome Maintenance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

铜绿假单胞菌的结构染色体维持

基本信息

批准号：
8291194
负责人：
VALENTIN V RYBENKOV
金额：
$ 22.5万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-07-01 至 2014-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8291194
关键词：
Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibiotic Resistance Bacillus subtilis Bacteria Bacterial Infections Behavior Burn injury Caring Cells Cellular Morphology Cellular biology Chromatin Chromatin Structure Chromosomes Clinical Complex DNA DNA Microarray Chip DNA Repair Gene Data Development Environment Enzymatic Biochemistry Escherichia coli Event Gene Expression Genetic Genetic Determinism Genetic Recombination Grant Growth Host Defense Human Human Herpesvirus 4 Immunity Infection Internet Knock-out Laboratories Lead Link Maintenance Manuscripts Mediating Metabolism Microbial Biofilms Operative Surgical Procedures Pathogenesis Pathogenicity Patients Physical condensation Physiological Play Proteins Pseudomonas aeruginosa Publications Publishing Qualifying Role Stress Structure Techniques Testing Viral Pathogenesis Virulence Factors cell growth condensin design environmental change fitness in vivo mortality mutant novel pathogen pathogenic bacteria research study segregation tool

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, which presents a serious threat to patients with impaired immunity, burn victims and in intense care units. The high pathogenic efficiency of P. aeruginosa resides, to large extent, in its ability to survive in hostile environment. Chromatin structure is a major factor that governs bacterial adaptation to environmental changes and thereby increases fitness of bacteria. Its role in mediating infection is still poorly understood. This proposal focuses on the P. aeruginosa condensins, which control the global folding of its chromosome. In contrast to archetypal laboratory strains, P. aeruginosa encodes several specialized condensins which appear to be differentially expressed during cell growth. We plan to investigate the hypothesis that the presence of specialized condensins increases fitness of P. aeruginosa. To this end, we intend to characterize the activity of the P. aeruginosa condensins and delineate their roles in chromosome maintenance under various growth conditions. The underlying idea here is that each condensin is optimized to act under its own set of conditions, and combining their efforts helps P. aeruginosa to survive a broad range of stresses. These data will help us better understand the mechanisms of chromatin maintenance in pathogenic and environmental bacteria and their role in establishing high fitness and persistence of bacterial pathogens.

描述（由申请人提供）：铜绿假单胞菌是一种机会主义的人类病原体，对免疫力受损，烧伤受害者和强化护理部门的患者构成了严重威胁。铜绿假单胞菌的高致病效率在很大程度上属于其在敌对环境中生存的能力。染色质结构是控制细菌对环境变化并从而增加细菌适应性的主要因素。它在介导感染中的作用仍然知之甚少。该提案着重于铜绿假单胞菌，该铜管控制其染色体的全球折叠。与原型实验室菌株相反，铜绿假单胞菌编码了几种专用冷凝器，这些冷凝蛋白似乎在细胞生长过程中差异表达。我们计划研究一种假设，即专业冷凝蛋白的存在会增加铜绿假单胞菌的适应性。为此，我们打算表征铜绿假单胞菌的活性，并在各种生长条件下描述它们在染色体维持中的作用。这里的根本想法是，每个冷凝蛋白都被优化以在其自身的条件下起作用，并将其努力结合起来有助于铜绿假单胞菌在广泛的压力中生存。这些数据将有助于我们更好地了解致病和环境细菌中染色质维持的机制及其在建立高适应性和持久性细菌病原体中的作用。