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Expression, localisation, and interactome of the RefZ protein during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.
Paliesková, Anna Mária ; Krásný, Libor (advisor) ; Nešvera, Jan (referee)
Bacillus subtilis is a gram-positive sporulating bacterium. Under unfavorable conditions, it initiates the sporulation process that results in a resistant spore. The transcription factor Spo0A is a master regulator of sporulation initiation. The hallmark of sporulation is the formation of an asymmetric septum near a cell pole, which divides the cell into the larger mother cell and smaller prespore. The asymmetric septum is localized at 1/6 of the cell length relative to the nearer pole. One of the players involved in this localization is the RefZ protein, referred to as the FtsZ regulatory protein, which forms the Z-ring. The Z-ring is important for the formation of both the vegetative (mid-cell) and asymmetric septa. RefZ facilitates the relocalization of the Z-ring from midcell to the poles at an early stage of sporulation. RefZ also binds DNA (RefZ binding motifs [RBMs]) near the ori site of the chromosome, thereby promoting precise positioning of the chromosome arms during sporulation. The entire sporulation process is controlled by a cascade of compartment-specific sporulation σ factors that recognize specific consensus sequences in the promoter regions of genes, thereby allowing RNA polymerase to initiate transcription of sporulation-specific genes. These σ factors ensure spatially and...
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