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CoryneRegNet 7, the reference database and analysis platform for corynebacterial gene regulatory networks.

ABSTRACT: We present the newest version of CoryneRegNet, the reference database for corynebacterial regulatory interactions, available at www.exbio.wzw.tum.de/coryneregnet/. The exponential growth of next-generation sequencing data in recent years has allowed a better understanding of bacterial molecular mechanisms. Transcriptional regulation is one of the most important mechanisms for bacterial adaptation and survival. These mechanisms may be understood via an organism's network of regulatory interactions. Although the Corynebacterium genus is important in medical, veterinary and biotechnological research, little is known concerning the transcriptional regulation of these bacteria. Here, we unravel transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs) for 224 corynebacterial strains by utilizing genome-scale transfer of TRNs from four model organisms and assigning statistical significance values to all predicted regulations. As a result, the number of corynebacterial strains with TRNs increased twenty times and the back-end and front-end were reimplemented to support new features as well as future database growth. CoryneRegNet 7 is the largest TRN database for the Corynebacterium genus and aids in elucidating transcriptional mechanisms enabling adaptation, survival and infection.

SUBMITTER: Parise MTD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7214426 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CoryneRegNet 7, the reference database and analysis platform for corynebacterial gene regulatory networks.

Parise Mariana Teixeira Dornelles MTD Parise Doglas D Kato Rodrigo Bentes RB Pauling Josch Konstantin JK Tauch Andreas A Azevedo Vasco Ariston de Carvalho VAC Baumbach Jan J

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We present the newest version of CoryneRegNet, the reference database for corynebacterial regulatory interactions, available at www.exbio.wzw.tum.de/coryneregnet/. The exponential growth of next-generation sequencing data in recent years has allowed a better understanding of bacterial molecular mechanisms. Transcriptional regulation is one of the most important mechanisms for bacterial adaptation and survival. These mechanisms may be understood via an organism's network of regulatory interaction ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundDetailed information on DNA-binding transcription factors (the key players in the regulation of gene expression) and on transcriptional regulatory interactions of microorganisms deduced from literature-derived knowledge, computer predictions and global DNA microarray hybridization experiments, has opened the way for the genome-wide analysis of transcriptional regulatory networks. The large-scale reconstruction of these networks allows the in silico analysis of cell behavior in response to changing environmental conditions. We previously published CoryneRegNet, an ontology-based data warehouse of corynebacterial transcription factors and regulatory networks. Initially, it was designed to provide methods for the analysis and visualization of the gene regulatory network of Corynebacterium glutamicum.ResultsNow we introduce CoryneRegNet release 4.0, which integrates data on the gene regulatory networks of 4 corynebacteria, 2 mycobacteria and the model organism Escherichia coli K12. As the previous versions, CoryneRegNet provides a web-based user interface to access the database content, to allow various queries, and to support the reconstruction, analysis and visualization of regulatory networks at different hierarchical levels. In this article, we present the further improved database content of CoryneRegNet along with novel analysis features. The network visualization feature GraphVis now allows the inter-species comparisons of reconstructed gene regulatory networks and the projection of gene expression levels onto that networks. Therefore, we added stimulon data directly into the database, but also provide Web Service access to the DNA microarray analysis platform EMMA. Additionally, CoryneRegNet now provides a SOAP based Web Service server, which can easily be consumed by other bioinformatics software systems. Stimulons (imported from the database, or uploaded by the user) can be analyzed in the context of known transcriptional regulatory networks to predict putative contradictions or further gene regulatory interactions. Furthermore, it integrates protein clusters by means of heuristically solving the weighted graph cluster editing problem. In addition, it provides Web Service based access to up to date gene annotation data from GenDB.ConclusionThe release 4.0 of CoryneRegNet is a comprehensive system for the integrated analysis of procaryotic gene regulatory networks. It is a versatile systems biology platform to support the efficient and large-scale analysis of transcriptional regulation of gene expression in microorganisms. It is publicly available at http://www.CoryneRegNet.DE.

Project description:BackgroundRecently, the research community has seen an influx of data relating to transcriptional regulatory interactions of Corynebacteria, organisms that are highly relevant to fields of systems biology, biotechnology, and human medicine. Information derived from DNA microarray experiments, computational predictions, and literature has opened the way for the graph-based analysis, visualization, and reconstruction of transcriptional regulatory networks across entire organisms. The reference database for corynebacterial gene regulatory networks CoryneRegNet provides methods for data storage and data exchange in a well-structured manner. Additional information on the model organism Escherichia coli K12 obtained from RegulonDB has been integrated. Generally, gene regulatory networks can be visualized as graphs by drawing directed edges between nodes, where a node represents a gene and an edge corresponds to a typed regulatory interaction. Cytoscape is an open-source software project whose aim is to provide graph-based visualization and analysis for biological networks. Its architecture allows the development and integration of user-made plugins to enhance core functionalities.ResultsWe introduce two novel plugins for the Cytoscape environment designed to enhance in silico studies of procaryotic transcriptional regulatory networks. Our plugins leverage the information from the cornyebacterial reference database CoryneRegNet with the graph analysis capabilities of Cytoscape. CoryneRegNetLoader queries the CoryneRegNet database to extract a gene regulatory network represented as a directed graph. Additional information is stored as node/edge attributes within the graph. COMA facilitates consistency checks for gene expression studies given a gene regulatory network. COMA tests whether all gene expression levels correlate properly with the given network topology.ConclusionThe plugins facilitate in silico studies of procaryotic transcriptional gene regulation, particularly in Corynebacteria and E. coli, by combining the knowledge from the corynebacterial reference database with the graph analysis capabilities of Cytoscape, which is one of the most-widely used tools for biological network analyses.

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CoryneRegNet 7, the reference database and analysis platform for corynebacterial gene regulatory networks.

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