Project description:To identify CdbA binding sites on Myxococcus xanthus genome in vivo we performed ChIP-seq, using a polyclonal anti-FLAG antibody and a strain endogenously expressing CdbA_3xFLAG. A WT DK1622 strain was used a negative control and a strain endogenously expressing ParB_3xFLAG was used as positive control.
Project description:In response to starvation Myxococcus xanthus initiates a developmental program that culminates in the formation of fruiting bodies inside which the rod-shaped cells differentiate to spores. Fruiting body formation depends on intercellular communication and two intercellular signals are known, the A-signal and the C-signal. Five genes have been identified which are required for A-signal synthesis. To begin to understand the function of the genes required for A-signal synthesis, we have analysed gene expression in the asgA and the asgB mutant. Keywords: Vegetative cells of WT (DK1622) and AsgA mutant (DK5057) and AsgB mutant (DK4398) 3 biological replicates each; normalized ratios to vegetative cells of DK1622 (wt) Cy5
Project description:In Myxococcus xanthus 55% of the more than 250 two-component signal transduction systems (TCS) genes are orphan. We hypothesized that the histidine kinase SgmT and the response regulator DigR, which comprises a DNA binding domain of the HTH_Xer type, function together to regulate gene expression. We performed genome-wide expression profiling experiments to determine wether the same set of genes are differentially expressed in the ΔdigR and ΔsgmT mutants. 3 biological replicates each; normalized ratios to vegetative cells of DK1622 (wt) Cy5
Project description:In response to starvation Myxococcus xanthus initiates a developmental program that culminates in the formation of fruiting bodies inside which the rod-shaped cells differentiate to spores. Fruiting body formation depends on intercellular communication and two intercellular signals are known, the A-signal and the C-signal. Five genes have been identified which are required for A-signal synthesis. To begin to understand the function of the genes required for A-signal synthesis, we have analysed gene expression in the asgA and the asgB mutant. Keywords: Vegetative cells of WT (DK1622) and AsgA mutant (DK5057) and AsgB mutant (DK4398)
2012-05-18 | GSE18029 | GEO
Project description:Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 inoculated soil metagenome for fungi
Project description:The second messenger c-di-GMP has important functions in response to changing environmental and cellular cues in bacteria. Here, we report the identification of CdbA, a DNA binding protein of the ribbon-helix-helix family in Myxococcus xanthus, and show that it binds c-di-GMP in vitro. CdbA is essential for viability and its depletion caused defects in chromosome organization and segregation resulting in a block in cell division. CdbA binds multiple sites across the M. xanthus genome with moderate sequence specificity; however, its depletion only caused minor changes in transcription. C-di-GMP binding and DNA binding by CdbA are mutually exclusive and substitutions in the CdbA interfaces important for c-di-GMP binding not only abolished c-di-GMP binding but also DNA binding and rendered the mutant proteins non-functional in vivo. Our data are consistent with a model whereby CdbA functions as a nucleoid associated protein to organize the M. xanthus chromosome and the function of CdbA is modulated by c-di-GMP, thus, for the first time, establishing a link between c-di-GMP and chromosome organization and segregation.